When we refer to matters of general insurance it concerns unexpected and unpreventable circumstances over which we have no direct control other than due care.
In regard to health insurance however, prevention is the only real insurance against misfortune and disease of any kind. Only by building our health can we ensure that we do not suffer pain and illness in future or at least minimize any problem. There is no other way. There is no amount of money that can replace our vital healthy state or compensate us for lost ability to enjoy life. We must therefore consider that we bear a responsibility to do our utmost to create and maintain our health.
Our disciplinary approach to good health applies to the choices we make in our diet, exercise, breathing habits, rest and sleep patterns. In addition we must include our emotional habits and control, as well as our mental habits of thought and attitude with the last being as important as our physical habits.
Both emotional and mental influences determine our actions that have the final word in regard to insuring our physical well being. A degree of thought motivates the most basic of our actions and habits, good and bad. Our emotions are equally as powerful and can assist or cripple our intellectual efforts and affect our psychological health and mental fitness.
It is well known that just as a happy person is less likely to suffer serious health problems, great grief, loneliness or deep resentments can create serious disease. Therefore, we must control negative thoughts, dissolve our fears, and correct any negative tendencies of our nature before they manifest as disease symptoms in our psyche.
We cannot rely purely upon a monetary health insurance plan. This cannot save us from the consequences of any of our neglect of the natural health rules that govern both physical and mental fitness.
Sally Janssen’s wonderful book “Mental Fitness: The Complete Self-Help Guide”, offers timely solutions.
