Who is responsible for your health? (2)

A Matter of Trust

Everyone is responsible for your health. - But only you are. - Let me explain.

Whatever your current state of health is, and whatever it will be, absolutely depends on others: people you know, people you will never know, people living on the other side of the world, people long dead. That is, of course, because everything you do and everything you need affects your health, and everything you do and need involves other people.

It's easy to become somber about humanity with the media's (and therefore our own?) obsession with only bad news. But when you step back and realize how much we rely on one another for our own health and well-being, and how well this actually works -- our quality and length of life have increased dramatically throughout our history, and the chances that anyone reading this article today will be gone tomorrow or even next month are incredibly small -- it affords a brighter view of humanity. That is, the most important news is not that malicious people exist, but that despite the heavy coverage they receive, they are a very small minority.

Your health will improve if you strive to remain aware of the good news like that above -- the positives in the world, and your life. You can read uplifting books, take long walks, play with children, dance with your spouse, pray, meditate, chat with an elder, go jogging, quilt, build a model railroad, shoot some hoops, unicycle, or play the cello, but you should do whatever it is that refreshes your spirit, that revitalizes your perception, and do it often. Others may contribute to your efforts on this front, but only you can decide to do it.