The Greatest Investment in the World

Let me tell you a secret about what is the greatest investment in the world. But if I were to ask you, “what is the greatest investment for you”? I know some will answer Education which is of course a good investment since it will get you far in life but to others investing in a business is one and some will say Love is the greatest investment of all. In today’s fast paced world most of us are too busy working and hustling to earn a living that we tend to forget to take care of one of the most important thing, and that is our “Health”. I have known older people today that when they were young, their problem was money, so they worked their ass off day in and day out 8 to 12 hours a day, 7 days a week to make some money and earn that extra buck. For 30 years that has been their cycle, the good news is after 30 years of doing it they really got what they wanted, they accumulated a lot of money.

Problem solved? Well the story does not end there. They accumulated a lot of money but at the cost of their health. Now they are 50 years old with a heart problem, kidney problem and worse cancer. Now they are spending their hard earned money on medicines, treatments and hospitalizations for their illnesses. When they started working 30 years ago to earn a living because their problem was money. Now because of their treatments and hospitalizations they are again having problems with money plus their health. The sad truth is, they are practically back to where they started 30 years ago, having problems with money.

We should never take our health for granted because without it we can no longer work and provide for our family, we become a liability. We can no longer do the things we want to do in life, like go to places we’ve never been, play our favorite sport with our friends and most importantly spending life’s greatest moments with our loved ones. Life is too short to waste and so we must try to live our lives where we end up at a point where we have no regrets. So if you asked me, I would say your health is the greatest investment in the world. Just imagine for one moment, if you had money will you spend it on Prevention? or will you spend it on a cure? Remember that choosing the latter means that you are already ill and it can play both ways, either you'll be cured or not. Don't choose the latter because you know what they say "Prevention is better than cure". Like Jack Ma said “If you put bananas and money in front of monkeys, monkeys will choose bananas, because monkeys do not know that money can buy a lot of bananas. In reality, if you put money and health in front of people, people tend to choose money because too many people do not know that health can bring more money and happiness! Nothing is valuable but health is the most valuable! Everything can wait but health can’t wait!” Wishing everyone good health and a happy long abundant life.

Now the question is how do we invest in our health? To know how? Just read my previous article entitled “The Fountain of Youth Found?”