Shakespeare wrote these words in Hamlet, and it’s one of the best known quotes from Shakespeare. Hamlet asked his friend Horatio about the meaning of life, when he thought about his father’s death and his mother’s quick marriage to his uncle and all the other problems this young man had.

But also, it’s one of the phrases that are quoted outside its frame of reference very often. And now I’m doing it again (well, kind of).

To be or not to be HEALTHY, that is the question.

I believe most of us want to be healthy. As a schoolboy, I wanted to be sick, only to miss school. Now as an adult, life is way too exiting and full of challenges, I don’t want to miss a thing.

How about yourself? Why do you want to be healthy? Because there’s so much to do, so much to see, so much to enjoy, so much to contribute? Or because there’s so much you have to do, but don’t really care to?

Fill in the open part after this sentence: I absolutely must be healthy to…

Just to give a couple of examples. I absolutely must be healthy to enjoy my family’s company. I absolutely must be healthy to enrich other’s lives with my work. I absolutely must be healthy to climb Kilimanjaro, etc.

Hamlet and Horatio talked about the meaning of life. I found that since I combined my health with the things that are important to me, my point of view changed dramatically. Being healthy went from a ‘nice to have’, to a ‘must have’.

Without great health, almost everything I want to do, become a lot more difficult. Building a great family, enjoying the outdoors, growing my business and other important things are so much easier while feeling great. 

Maybe it’s time to do some soul searching. What are the important things in your life? Is it worth your time and effort to change your point of view on health? Is health a ‘nice to have’ or a ‘must have’ for you? 


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