For many people, life is not the joyous harmonious experience that it ought to be. They go through life only half alive—they do not live, they merely exist. I am not talking about the poor, the deprived or the malnourished. I am talking about the “better class” of people, who are in no better state of health, for riches cannot buy good health. As the saying goes, money can buy the most comfortable mattress, but it cannot buy you a night’s peaceful sleep. Money can buy you the most expensive meal in a 5-star hotel, but it cannot buy you a healthy appetite. Money can buy you the best medical care, but it cannot buy you good health.
That is why our ancestors insisted: when wealth is lost, very little is lost; but when health is lost, something valuable is lost. Indeed, the wanton waste and abuse of our health is a far more serious matter than the simple waste of money. Good health is the greatest of all gifts, the choicest of all blessings, for without it, we cannot enjoy any of our other faculties and blessings.
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