franklin5
14 Answers
Bob/PKB
People do a lot of things in excess, to gain financial security, and it often has detrimental effects on their health. It may just be the "hamster on the wheel" syndrome. We just don't know enough to do everything in moderation. We think we are really getting somewhere with that extra money. Closer to the grave is where we're getting.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 17 | |
Ann
Chiangmai
franklin, you have made some wise comments. I totally agree with you.
People in the "developed" countries tend to define happiness by the amount of wealth they have. In truth, happiness comes from a variety of elements that keeps us whole: good health, interaction with grandchildren, eating tasty organic food, good sex, getting satisfaction from just being satisfied, etc.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 13 | |
ed shank
I quit/retired at a relatively young age (50). I was making a good amount of money, I was also drinking my a** off, smoking sometimes four packs a day, sleeping four hours a night. I saw the writing on the wall. Gave my boss 15 minutes notice, packed my stuff and off I went. I now live in the land of chipmunks (the woods) and love it. I have inner peace, I make a few bucks with my hobby, and my health is as good as can be expected given the hell I put it through for many years. I can still climb trees on occasion that need trimming.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 13 | |
lambshank
I totally hear what your saying, and have given this some recent thought, for me personally creature comforts and security are important and the thought of never having the opportunity to work again is a bit frightening, but I have had a lot of time to re think my values, my wealth certainly won.t help when I can no longer be an active member in my community, or perform tasks for myself, so here's to holiday and a foreseeable retirement , health , to me now is more important than all the money in the world
| 12 years ago. Rating: 12 | |
daren1
melandrupert
Totaly agree
| 12 years ago. Rating: 8 | |
witchway
Poppy3
Headless Man
caddam
Health is a slice of the 'happyness pie' . Happiness of life seems to be the goal for most of those I talk to. Work weary, unhealthy people can have happy lives too. I know quite a few people who work basically to accumulate money. Its too bad but its what makes them happy. But different strokes for different folks.
Health is a blessing, without a doubt, and the value of health cannot be measured in $ for sure.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 6 | |
Coop2Kai
I'm not sure I understand that dynamic either. People get jobs they hate in order to get affordable health benefits. But if the job makes you sick because you hate it, you use health benefits you might not need if you weren't working a job that you hate. It's a vicious circle. Being practical and responsible is truly a relative thing. In my opinion, there's nothing practical about taking a job that you hate just because you can then afford to die a lingering death from stress-induced heart disease, perforated ulcers, and suicidal depression.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 6 | |
robertgrist
Experience is wealth and health the reward of being careful about the experiences that you choose. Wealth is in the eye of the person who is looking…..I find wealth in things that many do not consider as having any value like this….
I have a lovely photo of frost but have not found the magic button that posts it here an I tried that two or three times already.
It is just frozen water, what value is there in that? It is so tempermental and hard to control. You can’t sell it like it is. But I find my experience of it gratifying and inspiring….beyond the limitations of wealth.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 5 | |
