an essay on health is a treasure with no shortcuts
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Health is wealth in the sense that all the wealth of any sort that one wants to possess can be had only if one is healthy! Suppose a man wishes to enjoy his life to the maximum. For this he requires abundant supply of resources such as, money, luxuries, company of like-minded friends, etc. Suppose he has all of these except health. Do you think he will be able to enjoy life? No, not at all. Life's luxuries can only be enjoyed only when one is healthy. A diseased millionaire will not be able to enjoy half as much as healthy labourer who just manages to make both ends meet. As life's delicacies can only be relished in pure health; not in abundant resources.
Only a healthy person can manage to do well in his studies, which is the first hallmark of a promising career. Anyone who is not healthy cannot excel in his studies as the bodily pain won't let that person focus on his studies. Secondly, no job is given to a diseased person. Before appointment, MNCs have medicals done of their prospective employees. If the medical is not as per their standards, the selection is cancelled!
Maintaining one’s health in the contemporary challenging times is not an easy task. Rising levels of pollution, deforestation, ever rising stress due to work, responsibilities, deadlines and the competitiveness, food adulteration, faulty sleep habits, fast-food, etc. have adversely affected the human health.
If one has to maintain his health against so many odds, one will really have to take great care of his health. Balanced, nutritious food, clean, healthy water, proper physical exercise, positive and cheerful attitude to life and its challenges, meditation, yoga, proper sleep are the ingredients to a healthy and fulfilling living.
So we must ensure our health first, before we go on a wild goose chase of any other sort of wealth.