Use it or you’ll be losing it

I have always believed that if you have a physical or mental ability and don’t use it, you will lose it. It’s an old saying that correlates with another: ‘there is no gain without pain’. When I think back to my teenage years, most of those with whom I played sport and attended social activities […]

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