"A Happy Heart ..."

“A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit”   – Prov 15:13 (NIV)

A 3 years old boy sits near a pregnant woman. 

Boy: Why do you look so fat? 

Pregnant woman: I have a baby inside me. 

Boy: Is it a good baby? 

Pregnant woman: Yes, it is a very good baby. 

Boy: Then why did you eat it?! 

Mr. and Mrs. Brown had two sons. One was named Mind Your Own Business & the other was named Trouble. One day the two boys decided to play hide and seek. Trouble hid while Mind Your Own Business counted to one hundred. Mind Your Own Business began looking for his brother behind garbage cans and bushes. Then he started looking in and under cars until a police man approached him and asked, "What are you doing?" "Playing a game," the boy replied. "What is your name?" the officer questioned. "Mind Your Own Business." Furious the policeman inquired, "Are you looking for trouble?!" The boy replied, "Why, yes." 

Teacher: "If I gave you 2 cats and another 2 cats and another 2, how many would you have?"
Johnny: "Seven."
Teacher: "No, listen carefully... If I gave you two cats, and another two cats and another two, how many would you have?"
Johnny: "Seven."
Teacher: "Let me put it to you differently. If I gave you two apples, and another two apples and another two, how many would you have?"
Johnny: "Six."
Teacher: "Good. Now if I gave you two cats, and another two cats and another two, how many would you have?"
Johnny: "Seven!"
Teacher: "Johnny, where in the heck do you get seven from?!"
Johnny: "Because I've already got a freaking cat!"

Way to be Happy ... and Healthy

Our Health is Our Real Wealth

When I was young, I didn't bother at all about my health. Just like any healthy kid, then and now, health was the least of my concerns, even though it was a subject we studied in school. Thankfully for me, I grew up in a remote rural village where the only health-destroying junk food one can buy from stores were candies. But even that didn't appeal much to me as freshly picked fruits were more delicious to the palate. For meat, milk, eggs and vegetables, we didn't have to take the trouble of crossing a river and ride a rickety bus 20 kilometers to the nearest market. We raised poultry and grew vegetables in our backyard for our needs and to share with neighbors. Our farm animals provided the milk. Thus we had a daily supply of farm-fresh and healthy foods that didn't cost us a penny but the time we spent in growing them.

Years later I moved to the big city, hundreds of miles from home, for my college education. It was altogether a new life for me with so much city glitter to feast my eyes on. Food has always been my FIRST interest so on my first trip to the supermarket, the beautifully packaged foodstufs prominently displayed on the shelves with images of mouth-watering, finger-licking "so delicious" food, grabbed my attention ... and had me buying without hesitation.

TheTree of Life and The Miracle Tree Combined = Excellent Health

It breaks my heart to see lots of people getting sick and dying before their time because of lack of knowledge on proper health care and nutrition.

This is not to say that one who is knowledgeable of such won't ever get sick till he/she comes to the end of his days. Many times is our life, we get to experience sickness in one form or another. Who wouldn't ever get sick in a world where diseases in myriad forms abound? But there are diseases that can be contracted via infection, contamination, pollution and germ infestation which could be temporary and easily cured. And there are diseases that afflict us as a result of wrong lifestyles, malnutrition, bad eating habits, addiction to harmful substances, etc. These diseases are what have been referred to as degenerative and could last a lifetime or ... kill quickly.

How then can one stay in good health for the most part of his/her mortal life?

Hundreds, if not thousands, of books have been written on the subject of health but it is ironic that as more and more books are written and new discoveries are made on medical science, even more and more people get sick and die untimely deaths.

Is Good Health Really That Important?

Most people take health for granted. I have been doing so, myself, for a long time since my younger days … until I started feeling some body pains that caused me no little discomfort. Also, I realized I was not getting any younger. It was then that I took stock of my situation and started thinking things through.

Is good health really that important?

You may not have thought much about it but … IT IS. Literally.

Think about it. You are full of life when you are in good health. But when you are sick — when you are practically immobile — what do you feel? How do you relate to people around you?

Allow me to tell you about my own experience with sickness. Years ago, in my fourth year  in high school, I was afflicted with flu that had me down in bed for more than a week. That was the longest time I was ever confined to bed and I felt really terrible not to mention, miserable. I was then living with my cousins in a rented apartment in the city where we were pursuing higher education, hundreds of miles from home. My cousins wanted to take me to the hospital because my condition was getting worse. But I refused and did not want any doctor to come to see me. I insisted on natural remedies like my late mother treated me and my siblings whenever we got sick, when we were still kids.