My guts

There is a commercial for a digestive yogurt product featuring a what appears be a puppet of a stomach/ upper and lower intestines.

He (or she) looks friendly as it has eyes close to what appears to be the esophagus. So in this ad there is the digestive system replica and a woman who seems to be the owner.

She wakes up with him (or her) they roll out of bed together, ride horses, blow bubbles, objectively it looks like they are having a pretty good time. Although I can't be certain of the name of the actual product, it may start with a G or a F, the point of the commerical is to make friends with your gut.

I guess its sort of funny, but it got me to thinking, maybe she and her gut are more than just friends, I don't know - it just seemed like there was some sort of chemistry between them. I'm not saying the relationship seemed sexual per se, I'm just saying they seemed really very close- and I just don't have that kind of relationship with any part of my body.

Maybe my hands because I see them a lot, but certainly nothing internally I don't even feel that connected to my own toes or feet.

So I have considered the possibility I'm not so close to my body because I don't take good enough care of it.

I used to think a lot about working out and eating right, but I've pretty much given up on all of that at this point. I know, I have young children and I need to do everything in my power to stay healthy for them, but I think I am.

My paternal Grandfather worked in as a auto mechanic his entire life. He was exposed to asbestos, smoke cigarettes, ate vegetables rarely, ate organic anything never and he lived to be 87.

My Great Grandfather lived to be 109 and I watched him fry eggs in bacon fat, (in a cast iron skillet filled with carcinogens), and eat the entire mess on a piece of wonder white bread.

I'm just not convinced that other than gaining a ton of weight, I'm not going to really do anything that will decrease or increase my life span for more than 5 months, so it's just not worth it.

So I take no interest in getting to know my gut, my spleen, or even my liver more than I already do, in fact I would really prefer my entire GI tract keep to itself.