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Good Health is not on Sales : One must acquire it

Summarized address by A. Rungnapha Yostue ,on 28 April 2006 , at the Health Development Center, Lampang

 Health: is a good physical, mental and spiritual condition, not only deprived of sickness and physical handicap, but also being able to live in the society with dignity, physically fit, having sufficient economy, having no risk and having the environment which will promote good health.

  Spiritual happiness: is a mentally happy condition, agile and endowed with mercy, balance of mind and without selfishness, because as long as one is selfish he or she cannot have a peaceful mind.

  Social happiness: is a peaceful coexistence, having a warm family, strong community with unique justice for all, solidarity, peace and good social services.
 Spiritual happiness: arises when one performs a good act or encounters with the supreme and most valuable thing such as making a sacrifice, being merciful and having access to the Triple Gems or God, especially that kind of happiness without selfishness and going out of egoism, free, not being bound by any guilt with happiness permeating to all the physical and spiritual cell. If the society lacks spiritually healthy equilibrium it can never find real happiness. It will find something to replace or fulfill that happiness by making recourse to narcotics, extravagance or violence which is the source of crimes.
Roads to good health :
- Support from services of the State
- Community networking groups help to create
- Self dependence in creating one's own good health
10 National Commandments for good health (self dependence)
1. Take care that your body and personal utilities are clean
2. Keep your teeth strong and brush your teeth correctly every day
3. Wash your hands before the meal and after you enter a toilet
4. Take only well-cooked food without tincture of poison and avoid strong taste and colored food
5. Stop smoking, alcohol, gambling and sexual immorality
6. Build a warm relationship within the family
7. Prevent accidents by avoiding carelessness
8. Make regular physical exercises and have an annual physical check.
9. Be spiritually alert and cheerful all the time.
10. Be aware of the common good and be creative socially.
Process/Step in making the community planning: This is the community's
process for-self dependence, inter-dependence and dependence on the community itself. It is carried out on the principle of harmonious, respectful and intellectual ethics with the major steps as follows:
1. Organize the community forum/from what is the community sufferin how to define the way of community life?
2. Process of learning - sharing important informative data of the community together.
3. Design direction and activities of the community to the community leaders and core leaders by sharing the informative data, making analysis of the community problems and finding solution thereof. Lead the community to find out a plan for self-dependence, for cooperation and support.
4. Open the forum for public opinion within the community.
5. The community participates in the management of the community planning.
6. Community networking - coordination of community activities such as purchase/sales.
7. Community coordination will lead to a concrete achievement of the objective.
Tips for a successful community planning :
- Begin with what you can do it yourself
- A plan which can be easily put into action
- Begin from "local genius" and added by genius/support from outside
- Adjust the plan, summarize lessons learned and regular internal communication
Tips for a sustainable community planning :
- Able to put into practice successively and continually
- Must gain more knowledge without stopping
- Must constantly meet together and have experience sharing regularly
- Must have coordination and cooperation from State / private / community sectors.
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