The Cost of Health

Here’s a question that was posed to the Dalai Lama:


"What thing about humanity surprises you the most?" 

His answer was: “Man”
"Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money: Then he sacrifices his money to recuperate his health.
And then he is so anxious about the future that he doesn’t enjoy the present: And as a result he doesn’t live in the present or the future.
And he lives as if he’s never going to die: And then he dies having never really lived."
If we live a healthy life now, in the present, then not only do we have health for the rest of our life, but we also have greater energy, creativity and productivity now in order to do our work now. That means we also have more energy and resources to do what it is we love after work.
Or, if we’re sacrificing our health now, then we slog away at work, come home exhausted, only to numb out at home, waiting for the day to end, so that we can go to sleep, so that we can wake up and do it all again.
We see the effects of our declining health throughout our own society: one in two of us has a chronic disease; and one in two of us will die of a chronic disease. The number of children with autism, ADHD, anxiety, diabetes and obesity is escalating exponentially. The cost of this in Australia is rising to be $650,000, every minute, 24 hours a day.
Do you find that you are frequently tired, are regularly getting sick, have a build-up of stress, issues with your energy levels or with being a healthy weight, have messed-up reproductive organs or sex-drive? These are not signs of a healthy body.
There is another way, a simple way. Health is not difficult, but it has been complicated. It need not be. Stick to common-sense: eat healthy, and plenty of it; exercise daily; work on healthy thoughts and interactions; remove the effects of stress on your body with a wellness chiropractor.
Why not do what is healthy, now, so that you not only enjoy your life now, today, you also enjoy it for the rest of your life.
By Nimrod Weiner