Health at center stage
Corona pandemic has created havoc across world, but one thing which came out good was importance of health in national discourse. People forgot everything be it economics or politics, it was in the end bogged down to health. Family as a unit strived to eat most nutritious food, exercise a little, little meditation and social distancing.
But problem of not keeping ourselves has originated with the lifestyle of 21 century. What people and hence nation cares about is dollars. They want effluence for their people, but this blind run for money has changed many good practices and most importantly shifted the equilibrium which existed earlier between leisure and work. We all can see consequences by following examples:
How many of us spend time with our parents more than our mobile phones.
How many of us spend time with nature
How many of us spend time with ourselves
How many of us meditate or do yoga/exercise.
How many of us had no junk food in weeks
List is endless but most important elements for good health is our environment and food habits.
Environment does play a very important role in our health. Be it natural air and fresh water or healing rays of sun. Sound of birds and animals roaming around also calm our nerves and instill serenity in us. But race of development has polluted the most valuable assets nature has bestowed on all of us. Current catastrophic events all across world is a reminder that we are living on ice sheets, so our actions must justify that.
Second important part for health is food. We fall ill not because pathogen is strong but when we are weak. Balanced diet is most important defence against diseases. Have diets of all colors everyday. Ensure that we consume adequate amount of minerals everyday, especially essential minerals which are not produced by the body.
Individual health is one component but pandemic has taught us that health is an global issue. Everyone has to be protected for us to be safe. In this regard we can as voters take part in politics to guide policies of our respective countries to be more benevolent towards health of its citizens. I think our drawbacks has been highlighted by the pandemic we must ensure that we don't repeat the mistake we did this time.
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