My reply was that at this stage of my life I am as healthy as I choose to be.  In some ways I could be healthier, and in other ways less healthy.  The important thing is, my state of health reflects my conscious choices.  To me, optimal health is a state of body, mind, and spirit where one experiences living each moment of life to its fullest.

Since each one's life is unique, in this sense we can't compare one life - or one state of health - to another.  All one can do is reflect on his own experience and ask, "Am I living as fully as I possibly can?"

The point is, when you are really healthy you are then able to experience fulfillment, satisfaction and enjoyment in your life.  Physical health does not necessarily have to be present in order to experience overall health.  As I told the reporter, some of the healthiest people I have met are in hospital-type settings and have less than six months to live.

For these truly healthy people, each moment of their lives is essentially richer than the lives of those people who plod through their daily existence, barely aware of the wonderful world and wonderful people around them.  The truly healthy people of the world know that happiness lies not in what we get from the world but in the attitudes we bring to the world.  They know that a long life is an empty achievement indeed unless those years are filled with purpose, happiness, satisfaction, and LOVE.  We do not, however, have to be moving towards death to experience becoming more alive.  Do not be one of the many who say, "Someday I'll...".  If not now, then when??