Dateline July 18, 2009: Fox News: 90 Year old drives one car for over 559,000 miles and is still going. Excerpt:
"Rachel Veitch, of Orlando, credits her meticulous care and near-obsessive dedication to her car -- she calls it "Chariot" -- as the reason it's still turning over every morning, year after year after year. The retired nurse maintains an exhaustive collection of maintenance records and changes the oil every 3,000 miles.
"Veitch, a mother of four, bought "Chariot" in February 1964 from a dealer in Sanford, Fla., for $3,289. The car has outlasted her three marriages and has gone through eight mufflers, at least 17 batteries and three sets of shocks. Its odometer recently clicked 559,000 miles."
This is a true metaphor of the benefits of self care. You want to finish strong, don't you? So do I. But how often does our care of self get pushed to the backseat as we drive to what is urgent and on fire?
Make self care a priority. It's not selfish when you consider it an investment in your ability to hear from God and do what He's asking you to do. In that way, you are Serving Strong!
My only regret in reading Rachel's story is that she couldn't keep her marriages (3 in all) in proper alignment.
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