What in your opinion is more important , a healthy body or a healthy mind....?
Please help me with the opinion of - a healthy body is more important than a healthy mind.........
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actually I think we need both a good mind and a healthy body.....:)
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Man is the only creature in the entire universe blessed with a body and a mind. It is this, which makes him the crown of creation. While a healthy body is necessary, but in the absence of a healthy mind, he is no longer a human being, but is more akin to an animal. Thus in my opinion a healthy mind is more important than a healthy body. This is but echoed by William Shakespeare when he said , " For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds, lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds".
Not only does it make us a proper human being, but also enables us to differentiate between what is good or bad, virtuous and evil. so significant is its contribution, that without it we cannot lead a happy life.
While the body is subject to ageing the mind is not. Thus a healthy person may with passage of time, grow old with age. Ont he other hand, the mentality of a person not only increases with age, but he becomes more mature,wiser and experienced. people come to him for guidance.
Unlike the body it is unaffected by fatigue and overwork, on the contrary the more we use the more perfect it becomes. it enables us to imbibe knowledge, which we can use for our own betterment, or for the welfare of the society. For as we all know " Knowledge is Power". this power if used judiciously, can make us advance in our life. it is, therefore, not uncommon to find people of a trail constitution, managing the destiny of their countries. They hold away over millions of otherwise well-bodied people.
Thus we can also to a great extent influence the life of people around us. At times so powerful is the impact, that we had Mahatma Gandhi who despite this frail constitution le the entire country to wage a war for independence. His unique approach of using the weapon of non-violence and truth shook the mighty British empire. They were in mortal fear of this frail, semi clad fakir as they called him and had to at last concede independence. Similarly we had Helen Keller, though being mute since birth, she led a normal life.This was by sheer dint of her will power endowed to her by healthy mind. Thus she became a source of inspiration for even able bodied men and women. It is hence evident, that a healthy mind, can more than make up for a frail or even a challenged body.
So all pervading is its impact on our lives, that it moulds our personality by making us more humane, loving, compassionate and caring. Thus endearing our to the people and the society. A healthy body on the other hand is of no use, if it lacks a good personality, This is so for people remember us by our deeds and not as to how we looked.
This reminds us of what John Ruskin said, " Remember that the most beautiful things are the most useless, Peacocks and lilies for instance." Thus a healthy mind is not only more important, but an essential prerequisite for us to lead a normal happy life.