Health is Wealth

“Health is wealth” is a well know proverb often quoted by our parents and teacher. When people meet, they usually ask one another “How are you”? “How are you getting on”?

Health is precious and certainly a great blessing of Allah Almighty. A hygienic environment, personal cleanliness, wholesome, food, and a regular way of life are conducive to health. Early to bed and early to raise, meals at regular times, recreation and rest are sure to make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Young people, who have plenty of energy, need to take vigorous athletic exercise in the fresh open air.

In case we are run down, overworked or dreadfully sick we consult a good doctor. He gives us a tonic or prescriptions a special diet “You are working too hard”, he may say, “That’s what the trouble is you cannot go on burning the candle at both ends”.

Sometimes staying in one place, year in and year out, tends to make us weary and stale. It is a signal that what we need is a complete change in our environment. If we go to some other places in the hills or the countryside, it does us a world of good. Change and fresh air are better than all the tonics in the world. Eating out is generally avoided by health-conscious men and women. Home-made cookies are the safest and the best in the world.