My body is showing signs of fighting off a viral intrusion since yesterday. Sneezing, running nose and headache have been with me for the past two days. Thankfully the symptoms are mild, so I still feel well enough to go about my daily activities without much interruption.
As usual, I will let my body ward off the virus on its own without any medication. Of course, that’s only valid for as long as the symptoms don’t go out of hand. A 39 degree Celsius fever or an intense headache will see me reaching for a dose of paracetamol quicker than the blink of an eye.
It’s funny how often we take our health for granted, only to be jolt awake by the lost of it. But, illnesses need not be suffering. They are life’s way of telling us what have a negative affect on us, and the sooner we heed the advice of our body, the faster we will discover the type of food, lifestyle and relationships that are most suitable for us.
Here are twelve quotes on health and illness from people who have discovered this wisdom. I hope they will inspire you to become more in sync with the needs of your body, and if you are unwell, may you find solace and strength in the words of these visionaries who are ahead of us.
As I see it, every day you do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself.
Adelle Davis
The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary changes. These may involve breaking bad habits, or acquiring some new and better ones.
Peter McWilliams
Giving is the secret of a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a man has of encouragement and sympathy and understanding.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep.
Henry Maudsley
A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.
Hippocrates
You don’t get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what’s eating you.
Vicki Baum
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
Anthony Robbins
The I in illness is isolation, and the crucial letters in wellness are we.
Author Unknown
Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
C.S. Lewis
In order to change, we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Author Unknown
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
M. Kathleen Casey
I am convinced digestion is the great secret to life.
Sydney Smith
What are your favorite sayings on health? Share them with us in the comments.
