What is more important: Being happy or being healthy?

being healthy, happiness is a state of mind. You can choose to be happy but you can not choose to be healthy. You can think happy thoughts or pretend to be happy but you can not fool yourself on being healthy. A healthy body has plenty of rooms to be happy while a happy body can be unhealthy. For instance, you are happy smoking and drinking but it is not healthy for you. So better to be healthy first. Happiness will follow through.

both for me. i guess i'm out of balance when it comes to my emotions right now and im experiencing sleep deprivation. im afraid i'm going to get sick. so im trying hard to eat on time. i dont have much appetite because i lack of sleep.

I would choose health because happiness is often equated with health. How can you say you're happy if you're stuck home sick and you can't be with friends and family?

as long as you don't abuse your health or your emotions, i think that either is better!

As far as I am concerned, I think it will be more important to have a healthy body,in which case can we enjoy a happy life.So I usually think that health must be the first. If we have a body health, then we can have a good chance to have a happier life. Though everyone wants to have a happy and healthy life at the same time. It is so difficult at the moment. So do get a healthy bidy first. have a nice day!

Its a pretty nice question and a little bit hard to chose one. Because if we are not happy we are not healthy... because mentally we are in a disturbed state. If we are not healthy we will not be happy because physical strain makes mentally strain to us. So one should be happy to be healthy and should be healthy to be happy... Its not possible to chose one for me... Because i cannot make a judjement of chosing one of my eyes.... Pretty good thing you have asked friend...ha ha.. Happy lotting have good day

I will choose healthy before happiness because I am currently sick and I am not happy. I think I will be happy after I regain my health though.

Hi, For me I need both for my life..being happy and being healthy. Because without a happiness,it definitely won't be able to stay healthy. So both components has to work hand in hand. IN order to achieve happiness, we must treasure our life and walk to the right path. Being healthy is everyone's dream and by eating healthy food, we can stay healthy most of the time.

Of course i rather have being healthy than happy because it always comes first right. As long as you are healthy, you will be happy, it just a sort of that.

Both are related to each other and they can't do without each other as well. In my opinion, health equals to happiness. When we are not in good health, we will be worried about alot of things, such as money being the top concern. After which, we will be worrying about those worrying for us. Happiness is just as important too but how much of it comes from the heart while not only the putside, pretending to be happy when we are actually not? Even the most happy go lucky person do have a moment of unhappiness too.

AS what they say, laughter is the best medicine. People who are happy tend to be healthier than those who are too obsessed with their health. People think that once we try to be healthy life would be healthy as well. Health can be obtained by inner happiness and i'd say I'd rather be happy and die smiling than healthy and die frowning!

I think that it is more important to be happy, because right now I am healthy but I am not happy but maybe I'm not healthy because I'm not happy? But I wish I am living a happy life. It's like I'm just living each day waiting for the sun to set not looking forward to tomorrow. I know that I'm luckier than some people but I just don't feel like my life has a purpose. I think money could solve this but I have no assurance. Wish you guys don't feel the same way. Wish that every sickness would go away but would that make doctors and other health practitioners go broke?

If you are healthy but internally you are not happy then your health is nothing, what you ll do with that health. I think happiness is better.

It's quite difficult to weigh which of the two is more important because health and happiness are both essential in our lives. I have to agree that good health makes us happy. It's a different level of happiness when we know that we're not sick or ill and we are physically fit to do other things that make us happy as well. However, happiness also affects our health. Well, I have to emphasize having real or genuine happiness. I think that some people may have a wrong perception about what is true happiness or may have a difficulty finding it. They engage in different activities which they thought would make them happy but in reality it would not. These people may end up depressed or miserable and it reflects on their overall health condition. True happiness helps us have a strong motivation to live our lives for the right reasons doing the right things. It's easier to be healthy physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually when we have that motivation. In addition, people who are sick or ill whether they are suffering from a chronic or terminal disease or a disability can still be happy. There are some who still have a good and positive outlook in life and have true inner happiness. It's how they handle the situation. Although science can't fully explain it, these people often have a more stable condition and live longer compared to those same patients who have lost hope and joy in their hearts, allowing them to live their lives to the fullest or maximize their remaining time on earth even though they are unhealthy. At the end of the day or when our time comes to an end and we reflect how we lived our lives, it's not really a question of "are you healthy?" instead "are you happy?". =)

Without your health you have nothing so I don't see how one could be happy so if I had to choose I would choose healthy. And then hopefully I would be naturally happy. Physical ailments can also lead to mental ailments. That kitten on your avatar is very cute. Welcome to Mylot.

Well... it's really hard to choose between happiness and health because neglecting one too much can have negative problems on you. But it's also hard to balance them especially when you're not used to it. But as for me, like i always do, i prefer to be happy and not so healthy than to be healthy and depressed.

Well I guess you can't honestly be happy unless you where healthy but if I had to pick one, I guess I would pick being happy. Being healthy is all good and everything but again I would rather be happy.

I think it is really hard to choose between healthiness and happiness, because without good health, you won't be happy. But i would also go for happiness as well, can we live without happiness? probably not. What is the point of living healthy when you are not happy? If you think about it, if you are unhealthy, you will probably suffer and it could lead you to unhappiness so i don't know it is really complicated and hard! Have a good day and thanks for your interesting discussion