As I watched another heavy thunderstorm move through a while ago, I began to think, ya know if it’d just quit raining everything would be OK… The crops would recover, the grass would quit growing so fast (so I wouldn’t have to cut it soooo much), the mosquito population would diminish, I could enjoy the evenings outside a bit more, why even life itself would suddenly become better!!! I then realized that just one year ago as I watched another hot, dry day pass, that I was wishing for just a little rain so everything would be better.
Have I fallen into the “silver bullet” mentality? And, just what is the silver bullet mentality??
In my mind, it’s thinking that something exists out there that’s a catch all fix all end all be all of all our problems… and that all we need to do is use this magic pill, juice, plant, drug, herb, concoction, or whatever, and all will be well — Instantly!!!! I’m here to announce that the silver bullet does NOT exist!! I’m not sure exactly where this thinking originated from (although I’m quite sure I’m not the only one afflicted with this skewed thinking) but it sure seems to me that the marketing genius’ are constantly capitalizing on our continuing search for it. We’ve been told that simply by taking this one and only pill our pain will go away, or by using this one fertilizer that our crops will always be great or by applying this chemical to our soil that our fields will be weed free… and beyond that, there will be nothing to worry about!!! No side affects, no consequences, no problems at all.
I believe that the answer to ALL our problems are not singular, but in diversity.
The answer to various weather conditions affecting our crops is to have healthy soil that can shed, or hold moisture as needed, and by knowing and working with the life cycles in the various soils to promote their growth.
The answer to our health care system is not finding that one Doctor (who usually prescribes a pill) who can heal us, but by feeding ourselves healthy, clean food grown in the region in which we live and by understanding that food should be our medicine, and our medicine should be our food;
The answer to our job security issue is not by relying on one (or a few) large multi-national corporations to employ us all, but by hundreds of thousands of small diverse companies that are fully vested in the local economy and will not close up shop and move somewhere else because there’s more money to be made by relocating.
I could give tons of other examples, but they all end up with the same answer: Cherish and enjoy the diversity that surrounds us, whether in nature or in business, enjoy the little things as they are in reality what holds up everything else… And to loose those little things, would be to loose ourselves.
Healthy trails,
Dale
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Amen!!!
Dale, I couldn’t agree more… I think we are responsible for our own health. I love Doctors “but” I found out “They” can’t make us well. The really good ones try to “Assist” the body/patient as it tries to repair his or herself by going to the cause and not just “Masking the Symptoms.” The more I study the more I realize it’s all about the “Food/Fuel”. If we want a smooth, well running machine we need to put “Wholesome, live wherever possible, fuel in the tank.” Thanks for providing the community with some “Real Food options.” Carl
Thanks for reading my blog Dave………………
Thanks for the comments Carl……………. returning to a local food supply which involves knowing your farmer has positive implications not just in our health, but economically and socially as well!!!!