The Pursuit of Health Improvement

Wellness in all mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, and social domains is what constitutes total health. There are many who would add "financial health."

Introduction

Maintaining optimum health is crucial on every scale, from the personal to the societal to the ecological. We need to expand our definition of riches to include not just material possessions but also psychological, physiological, social, and spiritual flourishing.

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The mind, in fact, precedes all other states.

A poor guy can still find happiness if he adopts the right frame of mind. On the other hand, it is possible to acquire a lot of tangible wealth but still be deeply miserable if one's outlook is flawed. According to Gandhi, "the world has enough for everyone's needs, but not enough for even a single person's greed."

Therefore, a healthy mind is one that has the kind of outlook that can bring about joy and satisfaction with one's life and the world around them. It helps one think more rationally, gain perspective, and make better decisions.

It takes a special kind of person to be able to look at a situation objectively. It's quite challenging to watch the world around you unfold without passing judgment on what you see. It's human nature to react to situations based on the sentiments we're experiencing at the time. Our preferences for some things and opposition to others are strongly linked to the way we feel about them.

Mood Stability

Our emotional states often drive us to make hasty decisions. Therefore, it is incredibly helpful to have a high degree of self-awareness in this area. It's crucial to our health, in fact. After all, it only takes a spark of fury to destroy years' worth of hard work and relationships.

Emotions can be both positive and negative. Emotions like fear, anger, and hate should be banished from society while more positive ones like love, compassion, and joy are encouraged.

A wise man from India once told a story to explain this:

An elderly guy told his grandson, "Boy, I have two tigers caged within me." One is kindness and empathy. Anger and panic are the other."

Inquiring, "Which one will win, grandfather?"

An elderly man's reply was simply, "The one I feed."

Sometimes it can feel like we have no choice but to act on our feelings. The opposite is true. The truth is that our ability to control our feelings rests on our awareness of those feelings, and in particular, our awareness of when those feelings first begin to arise. The sooner we are able to recognize the emergence of our emotions, the more effectively we are able to control them.

Increasing evidence suggests that our mental and emotional wellness directly affects our overall health. Feelings of optimism and contentment have been shown to boost the immune system. On the flip side, it's dampened by downbeat thoughts and feelings. As a result, emotional states like stress, worry, anger, and fear can contribute to the development of a variety of physical problems.

Good Condition

Therefore, we need to pay attention to not only our bodies but also our minds and emotions if we want to remain in peak physical condition.

Restful sleep, nutritious food, frequent exercise, and a clean, stress-free environment all contribute to our physical well-being.

Wellness in the Spirit

Wise men have always told us and taught us the same thing: that at our core, we are spiritual creatures.

Despite the fact that modern medicine has not yet been able to shed light on our spiritual nature, there is a great deal of circumstantial evidence that we would be remiss to overlook. Whether it's a miraculous recovery from an 'incurable' sickness, a near-death experience (NDE), or just the testimony of a dying person who has a heightened awareness of their own impending death, it seems clear that there is more to life than meets the eye.

All of the world's major religions center on the idea that, at our core, we are spiritual beings. The importance of our material bodies is downplayed in these beliefs.

Even if it's true that we should prioritize our spiritual nature over our bodily nature, most of us won't be able to make that shift anytime soon. The status quo will not suddenly shift. But your mindset can, and that's where you should probably begin.

Economic Stability

On a more practical level, however, most individuals are still befuddled by questions such as how to pay the rent this month, where to get the money to cover the mortgage payment, etc.

Thus, we need to investigate methods of achieving a level of financial security that would potentially release us from the constraint of 'forced' labor. That's why the promise of financial independence is so alluring. According to this idea, one's goal should be to reach a point where income can be earned passively, even while one is not actively engaged in economic activity.

According to Robert Kiyosaki, this is a form of "passive income."

He claims that in order to get passive income, one must either become an investor or business owner rather than a lone proprietor or worker. You need to put in the effort and resources to learn about money if you want to be an investor or business owner. Financial intelligence, unlike IQ and EQ, may be developed through study on one's own.

Get your finances checked over by a reliable accountant, banker, or financial planner.

Stable Partnership

As the saying goes, "No man is an island."

As a doctor, I am in the rare position of being able to both face death and console those who are facing it. One of the most salient things I've learned is that the dying rarely raise questions about material wealth. Instead, they channel what little vitality they have left into mending broken bonds with others around them. It's as if people have an innate desire to end things on good terms.

Therefore, it is crucial to our health that we establish and maintain positive relationships. Too frequently, we don't pay attention to this until it's too late. Putting off asking for or giving forgiveness until the very end may leave you with regrets and an unfulfilled need for resolution.

Given this new information, shouldn't we make an extra effort to strengthen our bonds with our families, particularly our parents, spouses, children, and siblings?