Long term health care isn’t something most people take very seriously.
I’m not talking about health insurance. I mean that we most often satisfy our immediate desires without considering the long term effects to our health.
We want things now, we want them cheap, and we want them hassle-free.
That doesn’t fit into the notion of long term health care at all.
Health Care On The Go
Why else would we love fast food so much? Is it because it’s just so darn good?
I’m quite certain most of us could make a better burger than a teenager with a microwave, so why do millions of people eat fast food several times a week?
And why do we spend billions of dollars on food that every single person on Earth knows is bad for our health over the long term?
The reason is because it feeds into the tempo of our “hurry up” society.
When you stop and think about it, it’s pretty sad that time is often more important to us than our health.
Health Care Doesn’t Hurry
Look at everyone around you. How many different things are they doing at once?
We listen to the TV while looking at the computer and answer text messages while web pages are loading. Our attention spans are about as long as a 2-month-old Pomeranian’s these days.
Here is the problem: There are aspects of our lives that simply cannot be rushed if we want them to be full and complete. When it comes to longevity, we always have to focus on long term health care, not just what our state of health is right now.
When nature is in charge, there are no short-cuts.
- No matter how fast your life is, it will still take about 270 days for a baby to develop and be born.
- If you break a bone, you can stay attached to your iPhone all day every day, but it’s not going to heal any faster.
- And do you actually think you can lose 30 pounds in 30 days and somehow NOT have some negative side effects to your health?
- You can’t rush success either, which can be very frustrating. We often look at successful people and admire their accomplishments, even though we don’t often see the years of hard work, frustration, setbacks, and failures.
- Health and healing are the same way. No matter what product, pill, potion, or manual a company is trying to sell you, there is no secret path where you get to skip any steps. You will never get to drive through and have a teenager hand you a bag of health through a window.
Another thing we should all get used to is that the change in your center console will never be enough to pay for it. Long term health care is not cheap in our modern society.
We need to realize that paying extra for health care today will save us money over the long term. We balk at the cost of fresh, organic food and whole food supplements, not thinking that putting forth the effort BEFORE we lose our health is smarter, cheaper, easier, and saves us a lot of pain and suffering.
Hassle-Free Health
Just keep in mind that even though there are a million things to do and there will always be “other things” you can spend your money on, there is nothing cheap, convenient, or hassle-free about illness. In fact, it will demand more attention than you are prepared to give.
Every hour wasted in your doctor’s office or a hospital is an hour you will never get back.
When it comes to the really important things, remember to slow down a bit, take some time to make really great decisions for the long term, because your kids and others are watching you. They are going to learn from you how to take care of their health and exactly what is important in life.
Plan out your long term health care now. It’s worth the sacrifice.
