A wealthy nation begins with a healthy me..

This was an essay that we had to do for a competition that is outside of the school. Please comment on it.

A wealthy nation begins with a healthy me…..

When we talk about being healthy these days, many people just think of those six pack abs and the size zero. But really it’s not all about that. According to me, there are two types of health - mental and physical. Also when we talk of wealth it is not just money but richness in other ways.

Mental Health:-
Being mentally healthy means a lot of things. It means not taking or giving bribes from people to get jobs done. This is wrong as you’re already getting a salary or a reward for your hard work. This will contribute to the wealth of the nation as people will not spend alot of money on bribery. Mental health also means following the laws laid by the government. If all citizens of a nation follow all the laws obediently, it will be much easier to get jobs done. Police will not be stressed out and the government can spend their time on constructing better sewages, roads etc. This will make the nation a better place to live in and everyone will be happy.

Mental health also means being optimistic, praying to God and doing your civic duties. If you notice, at busy junctions, there are traffic police who guide traffic. At times when there are no police, citizens also come and try their best to guide the traffic. By being optimistic you yourself stay happy so you don’t fight with other people. When you’re optimistic, people around you learn to be like you. Praying to God brings hope to many people. Praying to God is not asking God for money and the new toy in the store. It’s thanking God for what he has blessed us with. This is very important to do in our daily lives.

Physical Health:-
Physical health can also be very deep. Being physically healthy is mostly all about having a fit body, inside and out. To have a fit body you need to exercise regularly, eat healthy foods, drink a lot of water, wash your hands before eating etc. But if you aren’t healthy, there are some consequences which don’t help the wealth of the nation rise. Let’s take an example that you’re sick, you go to the doctor. Your parents will obviously take time off from work and one day of helping your nation is lost. Then the next day, you probably do not go to school. This is also bad as you are not contributing to the budding ideas of your nation that many times come from school children. Another example is, when you have diseases, they can spread and that makes other kids and adults catch the disease as well. Then again, all of these people would not be contributing. Also if vaccines are taken by everyone we will definitely be more healthy.

So in the end, I do think it is very important to begin with a healthy me for a wealthy nation or other way round a wealthy me with a healthy nation. I think that if we start being ‘healthy’ the whole world will join us to become wealthy. I sure want to start. Don’t you?