Bawal magkasakit!

“Health is wealth.” This is an age old wisdom we’ve heard many times before…and how we take it for granted because of too much familiarity. Lately I have not been good to my body’s needs and have been sleeping late, waking up feeling dizzy and weak. Oh if we could just do everything in a day. Anyway, I received an email from big bro informing us that my nephew J had to be rushed to the hospital, and I was so saddened to find out he’s infected with a disease and had to undergo treatment for months. This is a wakeup call for me, to take care of myself more than ever. When we neglect our body’s needs, our physical resistance weakens, and we can easily be infected with viruses and other harmful diseases. As the Clusivol multivitamin ad says, “Bawal magkasakit.” This roughly means “sickness is prohibited” or “don’t allow yourself to get sick.” With the rising costs of medication and hospital bills, I couldn’t agree more to that.