It is told that a man from wealthy businessmen who loved helping others and donating money to the needy fell ill one day due to his extreme laziness. His family, friends, and all who loved him were saddened.
His extreme laziness caused an increase in the percentage of fat in his body, which made him move with great difficulty. Then it wasn’t long before his feet dried up, and he could no longer move them. He was forced to work from home and spent days and weeks without going out or moving. At first, he thought that by not moving like that, he would preserve his health, but the situation turned against him.
When his condition deteriorated, his family contacted many doctors to treat him and make him walk again, but without benefit. Until one day, a holy man visited the city. The family turned to him and asked for help, asking him if he was able to help the rich man.
The holy man said: I’m able to help. The family rejoiced greatly at that and asked him to come to the house, but he refused that and said to them: I will treat him, but he must come to me to receive treatment. Indeed, the rich man went to the holy man’s place after a difficult journey. When the holy man saw him, he praised him and said to him: You are a good and generous man and deserve to have your health return to you. Therefore, I will help you.
The rich man rejoiced greatly at hearing these words and agreed with the holy man to come to him the next day to receive treatment. But the holy man made a condition on him that he come to him walking on foot. Although the holy man’s residence was very far from the rich man’s residence, he agreed to his condition so his health would return to him again.
The next day, the rich man came walking with heavy steps, exhausted, with his family to the holy man’s house to begin his first treatment sessions. But unfortunately for him, the holy man wasn’t present. One of his assistants met him, came out to the door, and asked him to come the next day to meet him. The rich man departed in great distress and returned to his home feeling extreme exhaustion and fatigue.
He went again to the holy man’s house the next day, but the same thing that happened was repeated with him, and the situation continued like this for about two weeks. Every day, the rich man would go walking on his feet, but when he arrived and asked about the holy man to give him the treatment, he wouldn’t find him, so he would return to his home again. But one of those times, the rich man felt he was lighter in weight and no longer found much difficulty in walking.
He had lost some of his weight in the previous few days. The rich man began to understand the wisdom behind what the holy man had done to him. He realized all this was for his health. He decided to go to the holy man to thank him for his method of help and tell him it was starting to bear fruit.
Indeed, after a short period, the rich man’s health returned to him again. His family and friends rejoiced, and he realized that health is the most important thing for a person, and that laziness is the most dangerous thing threatening it. He left that bad habit and decided to walk every day and not sit at home so he wouldn’t suffer from obesity and boredom.