Eat Right, Exercise - Live with Purpose and Passion

Interestingly enough, my morning realization at Bikram today is an interesting counterpoint to Devadeva Mirel's "Plain Truth".

There she presents the old adage: "Eat right, exercise, die anyway".

Of course that's true, but it's a truth devoid of subtlety. Once you realize this truth, you can still go further. Krishna consciousness is not fatalism or nihilism.

Spending money for your health, for example paying for Bikram classes, eating organic, or buying supplements, increases the performance of your body. This reduces health care costs and increases your potential earning power over time. In other words - you can get the money back.

On the other hand, saving money by skimping on your health decreases your bodily performance, which translates into higher health care costs and decreased earning power over time.

You can always get money back. You can never get back time and your body's performance over that time.

Invest in your health first, not last.

Postscript: You can observe that people who skimp on their health will spend all kinds of money to regain it when they lose it.