HEALTH IS WEALTH
- Odeke Anthony
- Jun 8
- 2 min read

Few years ago, there lived a generous and kind-hearted President. But the people weren't happy with their president because he was very lazy and would not do anything other than eating and sleeping.
He spent days and weeks and months in his bed either eating something or sleeping. The president became a potato couch and the people started to worry about the him.
One day, the president realized that he couldn't even move his body, not even his foot. He became very fat and his enemies made fun of him, calling him 'fatty president', 'bulky president' etc.
The president invited expert doctors from various parts of his country and offered them generous rewards to make him fit. Unfortunately, none could help the president gain his health and fitness. He spent enormous amounts of money but everything went in vain.
One fine morning, a holy man visited the country. He heard about the ill-health of the president, and informed the minister at the parliament that he could easily cure the president. Hearing these promising words, the minister became very happy. He requested the president to meet the holy man to get rid of his problem.
The holy man resided at a distant place. Since the president could not move his body, he asked the minister to bring the holy man to his home, but the holy man refused. He said that the president had to go to him, in order to get cured.
After strenuous efforts, the president met the holy man at the latter's residence. The holy man complimented the president saying that he was a good ruler, and said that he would soon regain his health. He asked the president to come for treatment the next day. He told the president also that he would be treated only if he came on foot to the holy man's residence.
The president was unable to walk even a few steps on the road, but aided by his security, he reached the holy man's place. Unfortunately, the holy man was not available there and his devotee requested the president to come and meet him the next day for treatment.
This was repeated for two weeks and the president never met the holy man, and never had any treatment.
Gradually, the president realized that he felt a lot lighter, lost a considerable amount of weight and felt more active than before. He realized the reason why the holy man asked him to reach his place by walking.
Very soon, the president regained his health, and the people were very happy in his country.
Health is Wealth!
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