Observe Yourself

1 — Do you know that your beauty depends first and last upon your health?

2 — Do you watch over your diet, and do you know which foods harm your health?

3 — Do you prefer to eat a little, and slowly, rather than to eat much, and fast?

4 — Do you prefer fruit to sweets?

5 — Do you drink a glass of water when you rise from sleep and before you go to bed?

6 — Do you drink at least a liter and a half of water daily?

7 — Do you watch over the regularity of your bowels?

8 — Do you do breathing exercises at least ten minutes daily?

9 — Do you know how to rest when you are tired?

10 — Do you enjoy a quiet sleep? And do you know how to rid yourself of insomnia?

11 — Do you know the signs that precede illness: heaviness in the legs, headache, exhaustion, sluggishness?

12 — Do you hate smoking?

13 — When you are in need of sleep, is your will strong enough to refuse to stay up late?

14 — Do you practice a sport?

15 — Do you spend your leisure hours in the open air?

16 — Do you walk at least three quarters of an hour daily?

17 — Do you know the effect that cold, tepid, or hot water leaves on your body? And do you resort to treating yourself with water as a tonic or to calm the nerves?

18 — Do you go to the doctor every year for a general examination?