MEDICINE FOR THE BODY AND SOUL

You know, at this time in our lives, most of us take some type of daily medication. Many of us take several a day. It could be for high blood pressure, cholesterol, acid reflux, hypertension, back pain, joint pain, antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, and the list could go on and on. Some times, when people take a variety of prescription drugs, there are occasions when a doctor must "play" with those meds to get just the right combination to take care of a person's needs.

My mom has high blood pressure. Her cardiologist in Lufkin (where she moved from) was going to change up her medicine but chose to wait and let her new cardiologist determine how he would treat her needs. She has been having problems regulating it. Then there are people like Michael Jackson and Anna Nicole Smith who have used prescription drugs and have been prescribed certain drugs by a doctor/doctors who choose to give them drugs simply because they request them (allegedly). No matter what the reason...all over the world, prescription drugs are handed out every day to treat the needs of people in order to give us a better quality of life.

Now I know medicine is a gift from God. God has given man wisdom and knowledge and discernment in order to come up with these drugs. I also know God, THE great physician, has given man the brains to become doctors with minds of knowledge capable to help others. But I believe there is a medicine all of us have the capacity to hand out that we often forget to use. Laughter and joy. Laughter and joy lighten the load, lift the spirit, take away the stress, soothes the heart, gives us rest, comforts the pain, removes the anxiety and so forth. And one doesn't have to be a doctor or physicians assistant or nurse to dispense it. One only has to love others and be willing to pay it forward.

So today, I am thankful for smiles, lightheartedness, laughter and joy that comes from those around me. Those friends who share their fun stories, their awkward moments, things their children say, their "foot in mouth disease" moments, etc.

I am so glad my Lord has a wonderful sense of humor. Thankful He has given me many funny, "brainless" moments to share with others. So hey....share a moment with a friend today and make them smile. It's good medicine for the body and soul!