While there is a place for medication, by design it exists
to suppress symptoms. Drugs do not
heal. We are trained via culture and
media to take one pill for this and one for that. We live in a drug culture that trains us as
children the way of the pill.
I have observed that most people think they are “pretty
healthy”. They can be on six or more
prescription medications, have a current cold and they will say, “Overall, I am
pretty healthy.” It often takes a lot
for them to make the shift to something is wrong. How would you define “pretty healthy? I can still get up in the morning and go to
work? I can make it to the mail box and
back? I go to the doctor and take my
prescriptions?
I love positive thinking but it could be an obstacle to
making change. Sometimes we slip toward
poor health so gradually that we don't even notice. For some there may be a feeling of,
"this is as good as it will get, or I am getting old". I am sure that at some point in time, I will
be old and it really will be as good as it gets. However, there is a time before that where
something really can be done.
Do we deceive ourselves into thinking we are healthy when we
also know we have health problems? Is it
our survival mechanism to keep going, or do we truly believe we are healthy in
spite of evidence to the contrary. Perhaps
it is a strong spiritual perspective carries you forward. Are we intentional or unintentional in our
self-deception? A newsman once said,
"we view things thru the prism of our experience". Interesting.
Advertising has pounded the message that drugs are good, the
flu shot is good, and anything we tell you to do is for your benefit. Many are sincere in this belief. We know what we are doing because we are
smarter than you are. We have done all
the research so you don't have to. If
you do not do as we say you are just ignorant.
Oh contraire. Just some thoughts.
Stay Well
