Improving Health and Well-Being

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Improving Health and Well-Being

Hawaii medical service association has been one of the best insurance and medical services available in Hawaii. From them I have learnt that care for people we value is an important part of our lives. To HMSA the people they value are their customers and they take care of them very well until they are healed, to me the people I value are my family and my friends. The goal of HMSA is to improve the health and well-being of Hawaii residents and that is very visible through the efforts and activities HMSA is involved in. the same applies to me, my family and my friends. I have numerous experiences through which I managed to contribute positively to the lives of those who are close to me and that is especially my family members.

Firstly, my well-being means a lot to me and I have contributed to my well-being in a number of ways. Since I like staying healthy, I have been going to the gym twice a week and this has helped me stay fit. At times I don’t go to the gym and I have a workout at home and at school I play tennis. These keep me physically fit and this is for the benefit of me and my body. However, I prefer tennis since I am able to actually use mental energy as well as physical energy and develop other skills needed to play this kind of game. Therefore, at the end of the day tennis is better than workout and gym to some extent. Another thing I do to make sure I remain healthy and improve my health is eating in a healthy way. I eat a balanced diet and one that has a lot of fruits and vegetables. This way I not only keep myself healthy but also my family with whom I share most of my meals. Food and exercise are two very important parts of daily life that enable us to become better people as our bodies are healthy and healthy bodies can perform better in daily activities like studying especially in my case, concentrating in class and having a good health and physical fitness makes one more confident. I am also very concerned of how I dress and having a good outfit increases my confidence when I talk to people. All of these practices among others are directed towards making myself better and presentable as well as healthy. Just like HMSA works to improves the well-being of Hawaii residents, my practices mimic the practices of HMSA towards myself.

I also have a family and apart from myself I value them very much. My family values honesty, integrity, kindness, and peace. Therefore, even though my family is peaceful, anyone who tries to disturb the peace of my family is not always met with a smiling face but with a serious face that seems to ask ‘what do you think you are doing?’. I have contributed to the wellness of my family in a number of ways. Firstly, I am a very listening person and I always listen to my family members especially to my parents of what they need me to do. I always do what my parents ask of me and I do not debate with them very much about what is right and what is not right. I also value my siblings and one time my brother fell as he was riding a bicycle. I was informed as immediately attended to him with my first aid kit and gave him first aid before he was taken to hospital. This was the first time I had given first aid to a family member and I did it so well that at the hospital they asked who administered the first aid to the broken arm of my brother. Sometimes I do cook and my family likes chicken a lot. My mum taught me how to cook and I like cooking for my family and especially chicken since I have been proven to be a good cook. All these activities are aimed towards making sure that my family is safe and actually healthy.

Being a member of the neighborhood first aid givers gives me joy because I like practicing what I learned and this is the best option for me to practice. In my community, we have a group of first aid givers and whenever there is an accident or anything of the sort that involves people getting hurt, we are always called to give first aid. This is one of the activities through which I care for my community’s health and well-being. Another way is through the planting of trees and watering them.

All these activities and experiences are always geared not only towards practicing what I have learnt but actually towards making a better world whereby my contribution affects people in a positive way. With time I am hoping the efforts I have been putting to my family, to myself and to my community bear positive results and are actually recognized as contributors towards a better world which I have aways wanted like HMSA desires with residents of Hawaii.