Everyone has free will over thoughts, choices, and actions. All choices matter. One can choose to be healthy or choose to let chronic inflammation take hold. Health is a lifestyle choice. Being healthy is a journey that goes around and around and it never ends.
 
While no one has control over others' thoughts, choices, or actions, one's own thoughts, choices, and actions do impact the wider community in which one lives.

It's important to understand that the community in which one lives also has an impact on one's own health. This book and curriculum emphasize the importance of this reciprocal relationship.