Thinking about you (and me)

Here are some thoughts.

You go to the doctor, explain what is happening and they  give you a prescription. 

Do you ask how it will help?

Do you go to the pharmacy to fill the prescription and ask there?

Do you go home and research how the medications work?

Or... do you get the medication and take them without a further thought; except, 'This will make me better'?

If you notice when you go to the doctor, they ask YOU questions. Perform examinations, perhaps run tests or request tests to be done. They want to know as much from YOU about what is happening.

Now, are you as interested in knowing what the results are? Or, do you just want the discomfort to end... period!

If this is an acute situation, just happening now, then that may be the end of that particular issue. But in a lot of cases the issue has multiple factors at play. Medication may help to keep symptoms at bay but it usually does not get rid of these factors that have been triggered.

Our bodies are very smart and speaks to us through symptoms and discomforts. If nothing changes, it will find other ways to get the message out. Problems will keep showing up. Like a boat with holes, plugging each hole will keep the boat floating for a while, but taking the boat out of the water for a full repair will be a more long-lasting solution.

So... What are we willing to tolerate? (This question bugs me so much ugh!)

Patch jobs are useful for pulling us back from the brink of complete destruction. Getting us back to safety, to get properly fixed. Medications work well here.

Fix jobs are more long-term. More permanent and they take TIME. That work happens with consistent effort. 

Staying interested and curating a tool kit that is available for use in situations where things are becoming misaligned is useful to bring things back on course with more ease. As I said... this takes time to learn. So stay curious.

This is our 'one precious life'. I think it is worth it to engage in the practice of making it better and better. Paying attention to the messages our bodies and life gives us.

Don't you?

Now... what will you (and I) do?