Wellness

Yesterday I played at a facility new to me.  Walking across the parking lot, I held a prayer in my heart, “May the music from my little harp do the greatest good.”  The first patient I played for was asleep, his respirator toiling tirelessly to keep him alive.  As I played, I took in his room—photos of happier days, he with a small child, likely his own; he, smiling, holding a lovely woman, probably his wife, in his arms; he in a pool; he at a party, surrounded by friends and perhaps family.  The thirty-something year old man in the bed before me, breathing now because a machine allows him to, had led a rich, happy life not all that long ago. Yet another reminder to me that but for the grace of God go I.

“From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. “ –Catalan Proverb


” The greatest wealth is health. “ –Virgil


” A healthy body is the guest-chamber of the soul; a sick, its prison.” –Francis Bacon

Treat your wellness as a precious gift—do everything you can today and everyday to hold onto it.

Enjoy your day!