Informal Theme #5
Blog #5
It is probably true that Life begins at forty. But the life that begins there is generally Not what is desired to be, for it is more of the kind of life that is beset with annoying bodily discomforts like back aches, chest pains, stomach aches, palpitations, leg and joint pains, nervousness, hypertension and many, many others. There is just no end to the list of indispositions which plague the human race today. Many people spend their HEALTH to gain WEALTH, and then later on, spend all their WEALTH in a desperate effort to regain HEALTH. We have rather observed that the Life that starts at forty is no other than the so-called "Sickly life."
For one discovers after working like a dog and saving like an ant for 25 years that he must, in all probability, retire with all his precious time and money in the local hospital, in a mental institution, or worse, in the funeral parlor. This is really too high a price to pay ... for nothing. And for those who manage to prolong their lives (and misery) by feeding on suppressing remedies, they come to the point, eventually, of becoming too sick of being sick! We wish to understand Health by studying about disease, its nature, causes, and most of all, its "wonderful effects" on the human anatomy. We think this is a perfect procedure since almost everyone has his own idea already about Health - but disease continues to be least understood by all.
The value of Health is appreciated only when it is already lost, and this fact makes our approach more dramatic, if not realistic. The health of the country is far from what it is thought to be and what it could be. In a nationwide health survey conducted by the Ministry of Health of this country very recently, 15 chronic diseases were identified to be causing more prevalence among the population, than before. It tells us that the nation's medical bill will be approaching astronomical proportions in the days to come. Let us act now and value our health before it is too late!
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