The
foundation
of
success in life is good health: it is also the basis of
happiness. A person cannot accumulate
a fortune very well when he is sick. He has no ambition; no incentive;
no force. Of course, there are those who have bad health and cannot help
it: you cannot
expect that such persons can accumulate wealth, but there are a great
many in poor health who need not be so. The link between better health
and wealth is clear. Get healthy and start saving money!
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If,
then,
sound health is the foundation of success and happiness in
life, how important it is that we should study the laws of health,
which is but another expression for the laws of nature! The nearer we
keep to the laws of nature, the nearer we are to good health, and yet
how many persons there are who pay no attention to natural laws, but
absolutely transgress them, even against their own natural inclination.
We ought to know that the "sin of ignorance" is never winked at in
regard to the violation of nature's laws; their infraction always
brings the penalty.
A
child
may thrust its finger into the flames without knowing it will
burn, and so suffers, repentance, even, will not stop the smart. Many
of our ancestors knew very little about the principle of ventilation.
They did not know much about oxygen, whatever other gin they might
have been acquainted with; and consequently they built their houses
with little seven-by-nine feet bedrooms, and these good old pious
Puritans would lock themselves up in one of these cells, say their
prayers and go to bed. In the morning they would devoutly return thanks
for the preservation of their lives, during the night, and nobody had
better reason to be thankful. Probably some big crack in the window, or
in the door, let in a little fresh air, and thus saved them.
This
shows
what
expensive, useless and injurious habits men will get into. I speak from
experience. I have smoked until I trembled like an aspen leaf, the
blood rushed to my head, and I had a palpitation of the heart which I
thought was heart disease, till I was almost killed with fright. When I
consulted my physician, his advice was short and to the point - quit
smoking. I was not
only injuring my health and spending a great deal of money, but I was
setting a bad example. I obeyed his counsel. No young man in the world
ever looked so beautiful, as he thought he did, behind a cigarette! The
facts are clear - quit smoking and enjoy better fitness!
These remarks apply with tenfold force to the use of
drinking alchohol. To make money, requires a clear brain. A man has got
to see
that two and two make four; he must lay all his plans with reflection
and forethought, and closely examine all the details and the ins and
outs of business. As no man can succeed in business unless he has a
brain to enable him to lay his plans, and reason to guide him in their
execution, so, no matter how bountifully a man may be blessed with
intelligence, if the brain is muddled, and his judgment warped by
intoxicating drinks, it is impossible for him to carry on business
successfully.
How many good opportunities have passed, never to return, while a man was sipping a social glass of beer or wine, with a friend! How many foolish bargains have been made under the influence of the happy drink which temporarily makes its victim think he is rich. How many important chances have been put off until to-morrow, and then forever, because the wine cup has thrown the system into a state of lassitude, neutralizing the energies so essential to success in business. Verily, "wine is a mocker." It is an unmitigated evil, utterly indefensible in the light of common sense. It is the parent of nearly every other evil in our country.
Start saving money
today while you enjoy a healthy lifestyle. Quit
Smoking today! And, if
you're like the countless good people who enjoy a nice glass of wine or
a couple of beers, Enjoy - in moderation!
Start
saving
money this week by
preparing your own meals! You can enjoy the many benefits of eating healthy foods which cost far less
than
eating out! Many thrifty ( and wealthy ) savers limit their dining out
to
infrequent special occasions.
