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THE MOST IMPORTANT THING: HEALTH ABOVE ALL

We spend our time asking others: How are you?
And others do the same.
It is all very well to say "I'm fine", but in reality the most important thing is to have good health, because without it, nothing works.

The question becomes: Do we care enough about our health when we are constantly running for our living?
I am afraid that most of us do not pay too much attention to health, as if it is taken for granted. And when the time comes for us to get sick, then the truth comes to us.

I believe that it is only at that moment that we realize how wrong we have been, how much we have neglected this part of our life that is our life. I would like to know how many people before me have dealt with this subject as one I claim to be the most important.

Three Greek thinkers and philosophers also had something to say.
Hippocrates said: Let your food be your first medicine. While for Homer, health, is a healthy mind in a healthy body. Finally, Heraclitus thinks further. He says that the health of the man is the reflection of the one of the Earth.

Therefore, if we see how our famous Earth behaves these days, we will understand that its health is far from good. I can do my best, be good to others and to Nature, respect the rules of a good citizen, but it is not enough. Thousands, no, millions of people like me are needed to improve the World (I voluntarily capitalized Nature and World to show how much I respect them.

I could go on and on complimenting health as so many great men have done before me. Some names come to mind. Thomas Jefferson is said to have said that health is the next most important thing after morality.
When we hear around us that wealthy personalities have died, not having taken care of their bodies but rather their possessions, then, for me, the word that would sum it all up: "there is no wealth preferable to the health of the body. "And this word comes from the Bible in the Ecclesiasticus

I just called my aunt Sary to wish her a Chana Tova. We talked about health and in conclusion she said to me: "Enjoy the good moments that pass. Don't miss them.

I have found several nice proverbs in several languages that praise our magic word, and I am pleased to share them with the reader 

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Cheerfulness is half of health. ~ Czech proverb
He who has health is rich without knowing it. ~ Italian proverb
Reduce your desires and you will improve your health. ~ Spanish proverb
Who has health, has everything; who has no health, has nothing. ~ French proverb
My mind does not go, if the legs do not agitate it. ~ Montaigne
Health, the first of goods after peace of heart. ~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Let your food be your first medicine. ~ Hippocrates
Health is a healthy mind in a healthy body. ~ Homer
Health is the second most important thing after morality. ~ Thomas Jefferson
To live is not to be alive, but to be well. ~ Martial (The Epigrams)
The health of man is a reflection of the health of the earth. ~ Heraclitus
Everything that makes us happy is good for our health. ~ C. Rambert
There is no wealth preferable to the health of the body. ~ (Bible, Ecclesiasticus)
By imagining that one is sick, one becomes sick indeed. ~ François Droz
Cheerfulness is the most powerful factor of moral health. ~ Pierre Dac
A little nothing is enough to take away well-being, as well as to disturb health. ~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Joy, moderation and rest close the doors to doctors. ~ German proverb
The seeds of healthy aging are sown early. ~ Kofi Annan
We may have an iron health, but we always end up rusting. ~ Jacques Prévert
Health is the most precious treasure and the easiest to lose. ~ Chauvot de Beauchêne
Without wisdom, no health; without health, no happiness. ~ Charles Dubois
To be in good health is the elementary condition of tranquility. ~ Olivia Benhamou
One must maintain the vigor of the body to preserve that of the spirit. ~ Vauvenargues
Health, like fortune, withdraws its favors from those who abuse it. ~ Charles de Saint-Evremond
Health is like freedom, it only exists when you lack it. ~ Georges Perros

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  1. La gaieté est la moitié de la santé. ~ Proverbe tchèque
  2. Celui qui a la santé est riche sans le savoir. ~ Proverbe italien
  3. Réduis tes désirs et tu amélioreras ta santé. ~ Proverbe espagnol
  4. Qui a santé, il a tout ; qui n’a santé, il n’a rien. ~ Proverbe français
  5. Mon esprit ne va pas, si les jambes ne l’agitent. ~ Montaigne
  6. Santé, premier des biens après la paix du cœur. ~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel
  7. Que ton alimentation soit ta première médecine. ~ Hippocrate
  8. La santé, c’est un esprit sain dans un corps sain. ~ Homère
  9. La santé est la chose essentielle après la moralité. ~ Thomas Jefferson
  10. Vivre, ce n’est pas être vivant, c’est se bien porter. ~ Martial (Les épigrammes
  11. La santé de l’homme est le reflet de celle de la Terre. ~ Héraclite
  12. Tout ce qui nous rend heureux est bon pour la santé. ~ C. Rambert
  13. Il n’y a pas de richesse préférable à la santé du corps. ~ (Bible, Ecclésiastique)
  14. En s’imaginant qu’on est malade, on le devient en effet. ~ François Droz
  15. La gaieté est le plus puissant facteur de la santé morale. ~ Pierre Dac
  16. Un rien suffit à ôter le bien-être, comme à troubler la santé. ~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel
  17. Joie, modération et repos ferment les portes aux médecins. ~ Proverbe allemand
  18. Les graines d’un vieillissement en bonne santé se sèment tôt. ~ Kofi Annan
  19. On a beau avoir une santé de fer, on finit toujours par rouiller. ~ Jacques Prévert
  20. La santé est le trésor le plus précieux et le plus facile à perdre. ~ Chauvot de Beauchêne
  21. Sans la sagesse, point de santé ; sans la santé, point de bonheur. ~ Charles Dubois
  22. Être en bonne santé, c’est la condition élémentaire de la tranquillité. ~ Olivia Benhamou
  23. Il faut entretenir la vigueur du corps pour conserver celle de l’esprit. ~ Vauvenargues
  24. La santé, comme la fortune, retire ses faveurs à ceux qui en abusent. ~ Charles de Saint-Évremond
  25. La santé, c’est comme la liberté, ça n’existe que quand on en manque. ~ Georges Perros     

 

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