# Health Health is the capacity to function, recover, and grow. ## Meaning Health gives [[Good]] and [[Bad]] their [[Direction|direction]] in this ontology. Something is good for a [[Being|being]] when it promotes health. Something is bad for a being when it disrupts health. ## Source Of Meaning This note is grounded in the Joe-Codex ontology conversation from 2026-06-19, where Joe selected the definition "Health is the capacity to function, recover, and grow." This note is being tested through health meaning comparison. This note can be applied through health-aligned action. This note can be evaluated in real choices through action evaluation and the [[Well-being Decision Check]]. ## Relationship Over Time This note should be tested across every dimension of well-being until the definition either holds or improves. ## Links - [[Well-being]] - [[Being Well]] - [[Being Unwell]] - [[Good]] - [[Bad]] - [[Unhealthy]] - [[Direction]] - [[Dimensions Of Well-being]] - [[Well-being Decision Check]] - [[Source Of Meaning]] ## Tensions Health can be experienced as energy, capacity, absence of symptoms, resilience, or growth; this ontology currently defines it as capacity. ## Question Does your meaning of health include capacity, or only symptoms and feelings?