Health is wealth...

Bila dah menginjak usia senja, macam-macam penyakit akan menjelma. Dulu masa muda, mungkin kita tidak ambil kisah keadaan sihat sakit tubuh badan. Hari ni demam, esok dah baik. Aku masih ingat, kecik2 dulu dalam dok kena demam campak masih sanggup pi main dalam hujan. Mak marah - takut scar demam campak tak hilang, aku tetap tak kisah. Demam macam mana pun, measles ka, chicken pox ka, mana boleh let go off all the fun playing in the rain, dalam hutan belakang rumah, buat pondok bawah pokok nyioq, celah pokok pisang. The best adventure! Kalau demam dok tidoq saja, mana ada thrill. Demam pun boleh lambat baik. Anak-anak kita sekarang kalau demam, langsung tak mau dan tak boleh keluar rumah. Berbungkuih dalam sweater, dalam blanket macam hantu bungkuih, nak tunggu demam kebah. Tak tau lah which is better. Honestly, I would prefer those old days, my kid days.

During those younger years, growing up years, aku termasuk dalam golongan yang aktif, hyper mungkin. Kalau body tak go on physical activities, my mind would still be working. Zaman sekolah - then came the working era. Remembered I put all my efforts, my energy. Tak payah la nak ulas how the efforts, the energy was put. Beribu percent rasanya! And today, masuk tahun 2011, I am still working, still putting all efforts and energy (little energy left, I supposed). Those little ones still counted and I will be drained out by end of the day. That was work I am talking about. Energy drained out dealing with home affairs belum kira. Day in, day out, sometimes dealing with the same issues, cuma hari yang berbeza. Letih badan tak tercerita, tapi berpegang kepada amanah yang diberiNya, syukur alhamdulillah I can still be where I am, do what I want to do.

Health is wealth. Are we too much into pursuing wealth which will end up in the process of losing precious health? Is the frantic efforts of making more wealth really worth the price of losing health? Bottomline is health is wealth simply because a healthy life is life in all its abundance, joy and fullness. Without health, life would be full of anxiety and fear. Without wealth??? Tepuk dada tanya selera.

Semoga kita semua terus dikurnia Allah swt kesihatan yang baik dan kesempatan untuk beramal dengan sebaik mungkin. Semoga kita termasuk dalam golongan orang-orang yang beriman dan istiqamah dalam keimanan. Semoga kita dijauhkan dari putus asa dari rahmatNya dan jadilah kita orang yang sentiasa bersyukur kepadaNya.

Ameen....