Americans live in what is considered a No. 5 country.  That means all of us require freedom to be able to create and move forward.  The five is the progressive number.  It sits in the middle between numbers 1 through 4 and 6 through 9.  It can, therefore, see backwards–the past–and forward–the future.  It is unique in its ability to transform the past into the future and move itself forward.  This is the essential ingredient of progress.  Freedom to make change, learn from the past and move ourselves and humanity forward.

In our quest for progress, there is a tendency to do and over do.  We run marathons, iron man races, pump iron, push ourselves to exhaustion, do stomach crunches, yoga on steroids, take steroids and fill ourselves up with supplements without reflecting as to whether our bodies really want or need the supplements.  In short we pressure ourselves and …