How Health Make Wealth

Health and wealth

'Health is wealth' is a popular saying that is attributed to Virgil in 70BC and later by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1800. To understand what they meant, let us define the above terms. Health is not just the absence of disease but having a good social and mental well-being (emotional and psychological).

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On the other hand wealth is defined from the monetary point of view as having the ability to afford your need without fear. It simply means earning a living and making investment. However, anything you have on average makes you wealthy. A person with good health can be said to be wealthy in health. So a wealthy person in health is better than a wealthy person in money.

Advantage Of Health To Wealth

Although the majority agree with the debate that having good health is more important than having monetary wealth, some few consider the importance of money. They use examples of affording a healthy lifestyle and affording good health care due to money over having good health without money. They also have the belief that having money gives some form of belonging which is important in social well-being.

The reasons are true. But there are so many diseases today that money cannot solve. So instead of focusing on building wealth without consideration to health, focus on health first.

A healthy person can live a longer life. That gives enough time to make money. A sick person will not have the strength, power and desire to work. Even at work, productivity decreases. Let us not forget the hospital bills that keep draining the savings.

A healthy person can make better decisions, put those decisions into action without fear. They can pursue their career goals.

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So to be physically healthy, we all should imbibe the culture of exercise in various parts of our body. Eat a good nutritious meal while avoiding smoking, drugs and controlling the use of alcohol. Strong mental health depends on exercising our mind through listening to good music, reading good books, contentment and socializing with the right kind of people.

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