The idea I wish I'd understood 15 years ago: when someone close to you gets seriously ill, it becomes your problem too.
Here’s an idea I wish I’d understood 15 years ago.
It goes like this: “We’re in the same boat with the people close to us.”
The easiest way to grasp this principle is through health, though it works in other areas of life too — finances (a relative’s debts), for example, or criminal liability (prison).
Sometimes the people closest to us fall seriously ill.
For a long time I didn’t understand that prevention is far cheaper and far simpler than treatment.
When someone in your family develops serious health problems, it becomes your problem too.
That illness takes your nerves, your attention, your money, your energy.
In the past, when I ran into health problems among my relatives, I mostly didn’t dig into them — I just allocated money. The doctors will take care of everything, I figured…
That approach can lead to very tragic consequences.
Now I do things differently. I ask my parents to get their bloodwork done regularly. I show those results to specialists. I take in what I’m told. Then I ask my father or my mother to take the medication they need or to adjust the way they live.
I already know from experience that the “prevention” approach is a thousand times cheaper, simpler and calmer than the “treatment” option.
So keeping the body in good shape with small efforts is a wise decision, as far as I’m concerned.
Otherwise, when you’re in the “family boat” and one person starts to sink, he pulls everyone down with him — and you start choking too.
Have you ever been in a situation where a relative’s careless attitude to their own health cost you dearly?
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