Lower back pain is a common ailment among the populace here. I was always proud of having a very strong back until the time I fell while pruning a tree. When the ladder toppled sideways, I was forced to hang from a branch. Since I was wearing work gloves, before long, my hands just slipped out of them and I ended up landing on my buttocks about ten feet below. Two vertebrae were crushed, and I was never the same person again. Ever since, I have learned never to boast about my own physical condition. St. Peter and the other Apostles come to mind. They were all young and in good physical shape, for sure, when Christ first called them. Besides John and Judas Iscariot (who committed suicide), they were all martyred. So we should only boast about the Lord and his goodness, never about ourselves.
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