Before I begin, let me wish good health to all.
All of us aspire for one thing in common. Guess what???
“Happiness”
Means are different but the destination is happiness. Some people need power, some need money, some need a girl friend, some need jewellery to make them happy and the list is endless. But in the race for material possessions we tend lose the invaluable asset i.e., our health. May be a sound health doesn’t make us happy but the absence will wreck our happiness.
People perceive the word health in different ways. Suppose if asked “are you healthy?” 90% response will be like “I am fine. I have no health problems.” And the other 10% will say I have so and so problem.
Have you ever heard or said “I/He/She was fine till yesterday, but suddenly it started” Any illness doesn’t appear suddenly. It takes days, weeks sometime years to develop and erupt as a disease. For example, Diabetes – metabolic disorder, BP – variations in blood pressure, Kidney failure like stones etc, arthritis – deformation of bones doesn’t happens in one day. Simplest thing like tooth cavities takes almost 10 years to become visible. Never think one is healthy if he/she doesn’t have any problems today.
Sometimes it is so generalized that we don’t perceive it as a problem at all. Like headache, muscle pains, numbness in legs after sitting on floor etc. Hormonal imbalance in women is like a given thing in today’s world. Since everyone has it, these disorders became property of body.
Health is not just physical in nature but mental & spiritual too. In today’s material world, life is like a running race. None of us has time to stop and relax. But just imagine, there is no one to wake you up in the morning and push you to office forcibly, watch the cricket as long as we want, read as many books as you want to, smile whole heartedly. The thought itself energizes us to the core. The happiness we find in doing these things should be present in us 24X7. That is real health.
Healthiness is a state where there is no disease and no chance of getting it in future. In my opinion I am healthy when I don’t think about my body if I want to do something. Be it a 10 mile hike or 20 km run or a week starvation.
Folks! Just think where we are living. We are living in our body. This is our house. We can only be happy when this house is safe & strong. Indian spirituality emphasizes that body is the vehicle which the soul uses to accomplish its purpose. Take care of it, protect it, nurture it and it will help you achieve anything in the world.
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