This is my second writing on Thomas Corley's Rich Habits book.
In my last post, I said, rich folks have nothing but abundant spiritual wealth and gradually transforms the spiritual wealth into material wealth. Actually, this is not exact so. To start with, they must have one thing: a strong body, which is the foundation of all.
The first category of rich habits revolves around maintaining healthy body. The wealthy people know the crucial role of good health in generating wealth and enjoying life. They know how to keep themselves energetic and in high spirit each day by taking good care of their bodies. According to Corley, the great majority of the wealthy people do three things habitually to keep them healthy:
(1) Aerobic exercise at least 4 days each week, like running, swimming, biking, fast walking, etc.
(2) Avoid unhealthy fast food restaurant like fried food. That's why you don't see plenty of obesity among them.
(3) Keep a healthy lifestyle like going to bed early, not burning midnight oil, getting up early, etc.
There is a Chinese saying which also emphasizes the importance of good health: 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 (liú dé qīng shān zài，bù pà méi chái shāo) As long as we have the green mountains, we don't need to worry about a shortage of firewood. Here the green mountains is a metaphor, referring to good health. Its meaning is, where there is health, there is hope. Without it, there is nothing.