The Keys to Wealth and Health

Can we attain optimum health and financial security in these times of fiscal instability and the rising cost of medical care?

Ever since we chanted "early to bed, early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise" as children, we have been lead to believe that there is a magic formula for health and wealth. The newspapers, television and airwaves are full of marketers touting the latest formulas for perfect health and schemes for making lots of money.

Yet there is no magic formula that fits everybody.

Let's take "early to bed, early to rise" for example. It is great for "lark" people like me, whose bio energetic rhythm works that way. But it can be destructive for "owl" people, those not fully awake until mid morning, whose energy peaks in the late evening. If we had the freedom to work flex-time, we could adapt our schedule to our body's natural energy cycle. As it is, we seek other ways to honor our body's natural rhythms. Our national addiction to coffee, sodas and snacks may well be a symptom of trying to force our individual bio rhythms into socially determined schedules. Fighting our natural energy cycles also contributes to obesity, although the chief cultural myth driving obesity is the myth of an ideal weight for everyone.

Respect for individual differences is equally important in wealth and money making. For folks like my parents, steady employment by the government, the military, or a large corporation where their future is taken care of in terms of pensions and health care is ideal. It is not in their the nature to take the risks involved in independent business. For people with a vivid imagination and a predisposition for taking risks, however, those rules can be stifling. They may have to borrow money for start-up capital, and be unable to put something aside for years at a time, but they actually thrive on the uncertainty, long hours and single-minded devotion of owning their own business.

The real key to health and wealth is our attitude or belief system..

There is a big difference between "making a good living" and "living good". When I was "making a good living" and living in a toxic personal environment, one ruled by my client's and my family's needs, I worried a lot about money. I also suffered frequent headaches, backaches and sinus infections. Since I have been "living good", consciously choosing what I take into my life physically, emotionally and spiritually I've been in excellent health and realize that this is the REAL wealth.

We may be unable to do anything about fiscal instability and the rising cost of medical care. But we CAN do something about how it affects us.

With a change of attitude, everything is possible.

How can we be both healthy and wealthy in these days of rising cost of medical care and fiscal uncertainty? The key is a change in attitude. Not every way of working is right for everybody. Focusing only on making a living can lead to work that entails hours, environment and demands that lead to ill health, so medical costs eat up most of your hard earned money. Choosing to live good, on the other hand, and choosing environment, hours and occupations that suit your individual needs can truly led to health and happiness. In the end, that is surely the only TRUE wealth.

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