Home And Good Health
Home and good health are inseparable. One of the prominent features of good health is a clean home to dwell in. Home is important to life and its healthful preservation.
Home protects us from the harsh effects of weather and environment. Home shields us from the rain, from summer heat, and from the frigid coldness of winter. Without home, we can easily become sick, and endanger our lives.
When I was working in Manila, I stayed in a boarding room with some male nursing students near Manila Sanitarium. As is common with boarding houses, we had no complete privacy; the friends and classmates of my room mates frequent our room, and I can barely sleep. This affected my health and my work.
Most of us have taken it for granted the importance of home for good health. We only come to realize it when we are faced with the problem. A home that is conducive to good health must be clean and safe to dwell in, and must have privacy for its occupants.
To be healthy we need a home of our own where we can sleep to refresh our tired body and mind. To be healthy, we need a home where we can take a bath to clean our body from the pollutants around us. To be healthy, we need a home where we can properly dispose our wastes. To be healthy, we need a home where to dwell peacefully, and free from the troubles of the streets.