Quick And Free

     Within each of us is the power to be well and stay well.  A friend once told me a story about a farmer who lived on a somewhat profitable farm with his family.  His farm was equipped with a stream, cows, wheat, chickens and so on somewhere in the world.  Sadly, this wasn't good enough so he left his family and exchanged his farm for a diamond mine which proved to be worthless.  Years later, penniless, he visited the home of the farmer who purchased his farm and discovered the largest diamond he had ever seen on his mantle.  When questioned,  the farmer declared  he had found this diamond and many others  on the farm.
      Like the farmer, many of us don't realize the diamond mine within us.  We have the potential to be creative, joyful, productive and healthy.  We  can make a difference in ourselves and  in the world if only we believe.  It might be tough going initially but the rewards are infinite when look within  to evolve toward a higher state of being in both mind, body and spirit. So why do we look elsewhere like that pathetic farmer?
     Pharmaceutical companies and drugs dealers have set us on the wrong path.  They arouse our belief in great expectations that they can never fulfill. These are the  obstacles that prevent us from realizing  our inner  strengths.  Substance providers are doing well at our expense. They  have had the most profitable businesses during the last millennium.  Their business plan relies upon our desire for a quick fix to feel better and/or  be happy rather than exert the effort or time needed to get or stay well.  We have yet to disappoint them.
      Ads that promote anything that is "quick and free" is analogous to the flame and the moth.  Our rational mind should tell us  if something seems too good to be true it most definitely is. There is no free lunch.  There is a price to pay and many do pay dearly.   Drugs, both legal or not, are dangerous.  Putting the medical profession on a pedestal is unrealistic. You have only research the side-effects of most pharmaceuticals to realize that you are placing yourself in harms way.  Drug profits soar as we fail to thrive.
     If you have the ability to make yourself well and stay well why would you trust an economic vampire to drain you of your physical and financial well-being?   Each of us have diamonds in our own backyard.  Dig deep and take the time to gather them.   Your  self esteem and your quality of life will sparkle.  How can you settle for less?