True Wealth is Health: Why Good Health is the Greatest Gift You Can Give Yourself (and Your Kids)
What’s the point of having millions in the bank if your health is failing? After all, true wealth is health. Like many, I had two grandmothers. One passed away after a tough battle with dementia, which left her not recognizing me for the last decade of her life. Her condition worsened with COVID, leading to a stroke and her eventual passing. Rest in peace, Grandma. My other grandmother has undergone heart surgery and is now facing the early stages of dementia.
It’s often said, somewhat flippantly, that having kids ensures someone will be there to take care of you in old age. But why should our children bear the burden of watching us decline, a decline possibly steepened by our own neglect of physical and mental health?
Times have indeed changed. Medicine has advanced, and people are living longer. However, the quality of our food has declined, and a culture of convenience has made laziness all too rewarding, giving us short-term dopamine hits but long-term health issues. We’re losing time, not paying enough attention to the tolls our bodies endure.
I emphasize this because the truest form of wealth really is health. Imagine being agile in your later years, not reliant on social security but on your ability to enjoy life — climbing stairs with ease, taking leisurely walks, traveling on a whim. All because you made the choice: daily exercise, a diet rich in whole foods and low in processed ones, minimal sugar, and surrounding yourself with kindness, helping others, and maintaining a vibrant social circle. Living to a ripe old age, passing away naturally without the need for your children to place you in care.
Health is indeed wealth. Taking care of yourself means not just living a fuller life but also lifting the potential burden from your children’s shoulders — presuming they’d even take on such a responsibility.
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