Dissecting Quotes #3

         This is the second edition of the series "Dissecting Quotes", where I choose a quote and briefly describe what I think the quote means and how to apply it to our everyday lives. I hope the insight a high schooler can provide can help brighten a day or get you thinking. 

"People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged

sooner or later to find time for illness."

-John Wanamaker

          Time is a precious thing. We do not think about time, but we are always under time's watchful eye. We can never escape the iron grip time has on our lives. In this quote, by John Wanamaker, he describes what happens to people who do not spare time from their lives to enjoy and have some fun. "People who cannot find time for recreation," means that people may make excuses about not having the time to do this, or to do that, but when they do not make that time, they may get mentally or physically ill. The second part, "...are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness," explains that people need recreation and fun, and without that crucial aspect of their life, they may become ill. The illness described here could be both mental or physical illness, or could just be talking about one type of illness. But aside from that discrepancy, illness is not a fun thing to have. This quote should speak to us, having us make time for doing the things we love. If we do not listen to our what our heart wants, we set ourselves up for illness, something no one wants.