We think and worry about all things
replaceable in Life, while never even pausing to think of the most important,
irreplaceable, asset we have, our health.
Think of all the things that we worry
about. We worry about money. We worry about careers. We worry about
relationships. We worry about passports and visas. We worry about our cars and
computers and smartphones. When we worry about these things, we rue their loss
or fear their absence or their breaking down. Almost all these things can be
regained. Almost all the time. What we don't or rarely worry about ever is the
most important, irreplaceable aspect of our lives, which is our health. How
often do we even think of the loss of our health? We don't think of it, so we
don't talk about it and therefore we don't worry about it!
The call here is not to start worrying
about one more dimension in your Life but to consider the banality in worrying
about less important stuff and to not even focus on the most important one!
Phil Crosby, the Quality Guru, said this famously: "Health is Wealth. And
it is absolutely tax free!" Jonathan Swift, the immortal author of
Gulliver's Travels, says, "Live all the days of your Life!" Read that
line again. Living means to focus on what's important. And the most important
tool you have to experience this lifetime is your health. This body will wither
away with age. No doubt. But to be able to
keep it in good condition till it finally stops functioning is a responsibility
that you and I must not abdicate.
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