For many people around the world, health is the real wealth. While this rings true, even more important than health, however, is this stark reality to consider, which is that life is more important than health itself.

The essence of life is in living. In order to do this, to live well, you have to be in fairly good health, but, more importantly a person must learn to celebrate life every day of their life, irrespective of the condition of their health.

Health may be the real wealth but life is the big deal. There are people who, despite being in chronically ill health, who thrive and triumph in life and are living life to the fullest and to the uttermost of their god-given abilities.

This is a human condition all of us should learn to consider, which is, whether in good or bad health, living life must be undertaken in such a manner that life is not negated or made of no effect but affirmed as the ‘raison d’etre.’

There are those who, though well meaning, are misguided into thinking that the emphasis of life should be on attaining and maintaining good health at all times and these people are not wrong in their assertion.

However, if, by thinking outside-the-box, and putting things in their proper perspective, it is living life that is the ultimate goal and not the seeking of good health. Thus the onus should be to live first and the care of your health being secondary.

-THE MALAYSIA VOICE