Health - An Important Word For My Truth Monday!

This is a coincidence!  Denise from Sunny Days is sharing her last “My Truth Monday” link-up.

Today’s topic is:  What’s your one word for 2014? 

Since I already wrote about this exact subject this morning, I'm linking up!

 Jennifer whose blog is at:

http://mrslaffinslaughings.blogspot.com/  is reading this book:

 

After vacation, she's going to have her 4th graders think of their own word and write a paragraph about how/why their chose that particular word.  Check out Jennifer's blog to read more about this assignment and the word she has chosen.

Any way, here's the word that I'm choosing:

 

Several years ago (maybe 20 years; really not that long ago when you think of it) - when people were allowed to smoke in public places - my town decided to institute a ban on ALL smoking in public places.  People (smokers, mainly) were up in arms (including my own father who used to smoke 4 packs of cigarettes a day) because they felt it was their constitutional right to be able to smoke.  Any way, I wrote a poem in support of the smoking ban, and two of the lines were:

                               We must remember to include in our wealth
                              The value of each and everyone's health.

Let's face it:  health is everything.

 Plus, as I get older - I am 53, if you were wondering - I value my health more and more.  I want to appreciate every day that my family, my friends, my students and I are healthy.  Health is worth more than any amount of money.  I want to remember this every day.

So, to your health!  In French, they say, "A votre sante!"

Happy New Year!