We’re all gonna die.

I know, grim start to the email. But that was the response when I asked a good friend of mine why he hadn’t thought about quitting smoking.

“My grandpa used to smoke and drink, and lived well into his 90s. My aunt was so careful about everything, yet she eventually got cancer. I want to make sure to enjoy myself while I’m young. There’s no telling what’s going to happen in the future — we’re all going to die anyway”, said friend.

That was from a conversation a few years back that really stuck with me. The same friend, who’s in his 30s, has recently been advised by his doctor to watch his diet and weight (still won’t give up smoking, of course).

This may be a familiar experience for those who have someone they care about, that just won’t heed advice to take better care of their health. At least, not until something unfortunate happens.

Technically, my friend wasn’t wrong. After all, no one knows what's going to happen in the future. Maybe I could neglect my health and party my way into my 90s. Perhaps, I’ll choke on a broccoli or collapse during a workout tomorrow.

But the fact that we’re unable to predict outcomes of the future, is exactly why we should focus on the process today.

Think of caring for our health as tending to a garden of flowers. Some resilient flowers may bloom beautifully even when neglected, just like how some individuals will remain vigorous and robust into their old age, despite not paying attention to their health.

On the other hand, some flowers will simply wither or refuse to bloom, no matter how meticulously they’re cared for. Unfortunately, some of us are going to find out that we're not the resilient flowers.

But that doesn't mean we should leave it all to chance. The decisions and choices we make are much like providing the best environment and conditions we can, for the flowers of our health to thrive.

We hope this can be a reminder that even though the outcome is often beyond our control, we need to continue trusting the process, and never stop tending to our gardens.

- Glo

Free Wallpapers and New Merch!

In the last couple of months, we’ve been recharging our creative juices by practising other creative hobbies apart from making videos. Something we’ve put off for a long time, was creating a new collection for our merch store.

Some of y’all have been asking for typography t-shirt designs, and we’ve finally delivered. We’re super happy with how it turned out, and you, our newsletter subscribers are the first to know about the launch of this new collection!

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