Argumentative essay – Health or wealth, which is better?

“Look to your health and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of a blessing that money cannot buy”. (Izaak Walton)

            This is example words of wisdom and there is no one would question their validity. But there are times when people do value money over their own health. When a person has been desired of a thing for too long, he logs for it and money is the commodity most in demand people wants money to fulfil their needs. They think that money can buy anything they need. It can help rent or build house. It can buy medicines, clothes, fruit and food. Not only that, it can pay for the small pleasures of life as well as the big ones.

            Health is more important than wealth. Health is the necessary condition while wealth is the sufficient condition. Wealth is important but we need both of them in order to live happily. But as you can see, the necessary condition is more important. Health is the necessary condition which means you cannot get anything that you desire unless you are healthy. This is the most important factor.

            Wealth is just a sufficient condition, as there are many way to be successful not only being healthy. You can try to become a famous singer or a well-known artist of professor without having a lot of money. All you need is just being healthy. O the other hand, we cannot buy health with money. Today, there are some diseases which have no cure. We need to remember one thing, wealth does not always make life more healthy and happily. Even if you are billionaire, you will feel unsafe because afraid of being killed or kidnapped for your fortune will speedily harm their health and shorten their longevity. Furthermore, without being health, how can you enjoy your health? As an old saying, “Where there is health, there is life”. That is why health is more important than wealth.

There is no denying the value of money and the pleasure of enjoying it. I know that everyone needs money to live as well, but there are basic issues involved. If money can be got only after a huge amount of sacrifice, is it worth? Is it really necessary for human beings to go on increasing their needs and temporary pleasure? Or would it be wiser to impose a self-restraint on one’s needs? Nowadays, people get so busy in getting money and then they forget how to enjoy with that money. Engaged in getting money, man has no time for his family or his friends and at times no time even for his health. On the other hand, the pursuit of money may adversely affect both his physical and spiritual health. He may overcome his initial scruples in his desire for power and money. The big question then is how much evil is justified to get to the good.

            The statistics are clear that people who are healthy live longer and more happily than the rich people. The majority of rich people are taken effect by money pressure, it will make their life uncomfortable because they always have to think about their money, money and money. They never stop to think about how to produce more money and how to protect their money. We can see that today, many young people use almost all their time to earn as much money as possible. They do not care about themselves because they think when they have money, they will get want they want and money can make them healthy. This is completely erroneous. People earn like mad until they have stress and waste their money on treatment. They have forgotten that after they die, they will leave everything behind.

            As a conclusion and from my view point, I would like to be healthy instead of wealthy. It is because I can do anything includes becoming rich but I cannot just work hard, drop my health and live the rest of my life just in bed. I do not what that to be happen. It is good to live healthy and remember that money cannot buy health.