My discussion with Martin helped me recognize that striving for health, in its simplest definition, means striving for good relationships. Relationships with the plants and animals that provide nourishment, with the systems that bring that sustenance to you, with the doctor that can relieve your suffering, with the friends and family that suffer with you, and all the other relationships whose maintenance we depend on for survival. By entering a culture on the opposite end of the spectrum of individualism, I am starting to realize just which relationships I have been ignoring. Individualism can help perfect some relationships, while collectivism leads me to form others. A perspective from both sides encourages complete health. With this balance in mind, I may be learning all that the Buddhist idea of “walking the Middle Way” truly implies. The challenge for Thailand—and all those in public health—is how to get people up and walking.