I came across this quote a few days ago and haven’t been able to let it go. Does that happen to you, where you read something or see something, and it just sticks in your mind?

There’s an Indian proverb that says a man with his health has 1000 dreams. A man without his health, health has one.

I am in week three of a 10-week leadership class working on designing the life I want to live, focused on breaking old patterns that don’t serve me. Today, I stop in my tracks, reflect on my health, and simply recognize how grateful I am.

My family nucleus is being attacked by illness. Maybe that is why this hit me so hard. Does this proverb resonate with you? What are your thoughts?