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Each creature is also endowed with the will to live.

It is that desire for life and expression that first of all sparked the entrance into physical reality. The will to live is inherent in each cell or microbe, each molecule, and each smallest possible imaginable segment of life.

The will to live can be covered over, buried by fears and doubts, or even distorted out of all recognition, but it is still present. People pass unknowingly from states of excellent health into states of disease and back again—and it is always the will to live that successfully guides the body through such changes. Certain conditions that seem unhealthy are more often than not a part of the state of health. People look upon a fever with alarm, for example. Often they immediately take a drug to bring the fever down, when the fever was actually meant to burn out certain microbes that were indeed detrimental to the body’s overall excellent condition.

Exuberance and the will to live are intimately connected. The two together promote play and creativity—and indeed, playfulness is one of the marks of a healthy, functioning body. Through play children develop their muscles and overall body tone, and this is because children possess a keen expectancy and a desire to perform to the best of their abilities.