There is a time to invest in your health and well-being!

We all have 24 hours in a day and how we apportion time for the things that really matter is important. You cannot blame God for giving others more time than you. Whether you live in Africa or Oceania, everyone has access to 24 hours in a day. It is therefore worthwhile to learn to manage our time effectively. This blog post might be of help if you need help with time management. One comment that most of us make daily is “I don’t have time” and this has become part of our daily struggles. I understand the complexities of life, the load of work and the time we spend each day to make sure our families enjoy a good life. We can be lost in all these things and forget to actually take care of ourselves. More specifically, those of us who migrated from developing countries to the West can be consumed in so much work to satisfy our families back home. We tend to forget our existence. We pay huge amounts of money to take care of family members, invest in properties, help friends but hardly make time to even consider our own health and well-being. 

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens (Ecclesiastes 3:1)

The preacher states that: “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). This includes a time to invest in your health and well-being. We need to be intentional about this and make a conscious effort to make that investment. What happens if you work so tirelessly to buy the most expensive house but spend the rest of your life confined on a hospital bed? You made time to work yourself out, but you never made time to work on your health. If we daily complain that there is no time to take care of our health, we will miss the opportunity to make sure that we are fit. Remember that there is “a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance” (Ecclesiastes 3:4). If you fail to have time to take care of your health, friends and family will make time to weep over you when you are no more. In fact, people will take time to attend your memorial service. 

When we understand that God has made us custodians of this physical body, we should be mindful to make time to keep fit. You don’t need a gym membership to be fit. There are basic human activities that contribute to good health. Walking, running, skipping, swimming, dancing, cycling etc. are activities that are good for our well-being. We should also consider investing in age-appropriate physical activity. If you have the resources, you can join your local fitness centre, get a treadmill or get yourself any of the computer assisted training programs. There are countless free online resources for health and well-being. Make time to build yourself a good and healthy lifestyle. As we grow older, there are certain lifestyles we should avoid. If you still have a daily hangover at 50 years, you should see a therapist to assist you with alcohol addiction. 

Remember that we all have 24 hours a day and how we spend it, can have a direct relationship with our future. There is “a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot” (Ecclesiastes 3:2), but while we are alive, there is also a time to invest in our health and well-being.