Wanting to be Healthy vs. Planning to be Healthy

One of the most valuable lessons I have learned is that there is a difference between wanting to be healthy and planning to be healthy.
First of all...everyone WANTS to be healthy...but just wanting is NOT enough.
Just like wanting to be successful is not enough...everyone desires that.
You have to have the will to plan to be successful...the discipline to learn what it takes from successful people and to put in the necessary time learning and spoon feeding yourself information that is necessary to advance in this direction. Then you need to put this information to use...day in and day out...refining and perfecting it as you go. This is not easy and takes time and energy, and dedication...which is why so few reach the top.
Well...the same is true with achieving optimum health. You have to have the will...the desire to express life to it's fullest...which is not possible unless you have your health.
I have spent my career teaching whoever is willing to listen about the principles of natural healing and creating the conditions of health. According to these principles health is a spontaneous occurrence when the conditions are right. Creating the right conditions is the key and takes planning and ongoing implementation.
The beauty of creating the conditions of health is that YOU are the one in charge. You steer your own ship...either in the direction of health...or in the direction of illness with every lifestyle decision you make. What you eat, how often you exercise, how much water you drink, your pillow, your chair at work, how you relax, what you think, what you read, and what you believe...to name a few...are all conditions of health...and you have control over all of them.
When you consider that over 70% of the dollars in the US that are spent on health-care each year are spent to treat conditions that were preventable (diseases of excess), it makes me think...as a nation are we planning to be healthy...or planning to be sick?
The answer is obvious...it's in the statistics. But since you have control over your own lifestyle choices you don't have to be a statistic. I know you want to be healthy...but are you planning to be healthy?