The Importance of how we treat each other

Since I plan to be writing blogs related to how to achieve optimum health I am feeling that, for purposes of clarification, I should share some personal information. When my family was going through a painful and prolonged divorce my youngest son(age 7) was having some serious problems in school. Some very thorough testing revealed a moderately severe learning disability. When I asked the Dr. about the cause he said it was genetic and that he had inherited it from me. So, what I had was a huge aha moment and a flooding of emotion. I was a good athelete in high school so never studied and somehow my grades were always pretty good but I didn't learn anything. After 3 yrs. in the military and starting college it all caught up with me. Testing there put me in all remedial classes and my kind advisor told me that if I had not just been in the service during WW 2 that they would not even let me start college.

From that moment on through pre-med and medical school I realized I had to work and study differently and much harder than most of my classmates in order to make the same grade. Once I learned the information I could make use of it as well as anyone and better than some but I would never have applied for medical school had I known I had a fairly severe learning disability.

All that to say this. I have always felt grateful for the opportunities I have had and have never thought that any of my good life was due to my brilliance. So much of what I know is a result of what patients have shared with me and I have studied daily for 58 yrs. and have been totally fascinated by the enormous ability of our body to heal and repair. Our goal has to be to learn about what help it must have from us to do the best it is capable of.

So when I make statements in a blog or article please be assured that I am well aware that what I am stating as fact is only my opinion based on what I have learned from studies, research on a daily basis and what I have been taught by patients. Our knowledge increases daily and now new thoughts and ideas develop globally and do not always travel rapidly. So it is entirely possible that I may state something today that one of you just read a study yesterday from another country that indicates that what I have stated is incorrect. We are blessed with many medical disciplines now such as osteopathy, chiropractic, naturopathy, homeopathy, numerous fields in alternative medicine, physiotherapy, accupuncture, yoga and others with each looking at the same medical issue from different angles and seeing different approaches. Please let me know if you have information that I need to be aware of. I will always appreciate it and we will all benefit.

It is so important thatt we realize that none of us has enough knowledge in our brain to even justify a good headache but that all together we can make some intelligent inroads in our quest to achieve optimum health, whatever that is to each of us.

What I think is so important is for us to exchange our ideas with civility and respect. At WA we have such a valuable situation with our thousands of people all trying to learn and grow and to be better more productive people and to help others do the same that we must protect that. We do not need to clutter up our airways with each other with critical, condescending messages or to ridicule one another because none of us benefit from that. It is never in our best interest to make another person feel less about their self or to "put another in their place" just so we can swell with pride. None of us can change another but we can and must change our self if we are unhappy, simply because no one can do it for us. If we are unhappy we must look at our self rather than at others for the cause. One way or another our choices have been responsible for what and where we are. Hopefully with close examination we can discover what did not go right and make some corrections. Unfortunately there was no one put on this earth just to pease us and make us happy. That is our job and only we can do it. It is an absolutely essential part of being healthy and wealthy.

Best wishes to each of you in your efforts to be healthy, happy and wealthy.

Harold