What’s a lesson you’ve learned recently that shifted your perspective?
A lesson I recently learned will help me for the rest of my life. I learned that “health is wealth”. Most of us already know this, but not in the literal sense.
Being healthy and not on any medication is like a blessing these days. Those are fortunate who are not on pills, and I don’t know how many of us are like this. I myself am in good health, but I still take daily medicine for epilepsy.
My dad is a stage 4 cancer patient, and with time, he has lost his personality, memory, and power to think. He is 70 years old, so age plays a role, but many people of that age live normal lives.
Throughout my childhood, I have seen him working hard for our family without taking a break, and he never cared about his health. He never had good eating habits and used to be a smoker. When he quit smoking, he started using tobacco. The reason we work is to have food on the table, and he ignored the same food.
When your body and mind are beyond your control, you start to lose yourself. That’s what’s happening to him. The brain is the powerhouse; without it working, we are nothing. It’s the CPU(control processing unit) of our system. The body follows our brain; both should be in sync for the proper functioning of this system.
Money is important for living a comfortable life, but what’s the use of that money if our body is not cooperating or our senses are not up to the mark to enjoy it? So without health, wealth is useless.
A few things I made sure to incorporate in my daily routine to maintain good brain health and physical health are:-
- Proper sleep
- Exercise (any sport, right now ping pong)
- Brain puzzles (LinkedIn daily puzzles, sudoku)
- Reading
- Nutrition (less outside food, less sugar and salt intake)
- Proper hydration
The kind of lifestyle we have now is more prone to diseases and problems. With driverless cars, home delivery services, and digital assistants like Alexa, we are making ourselves lazy. This generation is tech-savvy, modern, and advanced, but is heading towards declining health. Now, cancer, diabetes, and BP are common and an integral part of society.
We need to overcome this big hurdle. Taking care of our health will also make our society healthy. Otherwise, we will be buying land on the moon, but won’t be alive to go and live there.
Happy Reading! Keep Traveling!!!
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