The Common Cold

This week I had my first cold in 15 years. In 1994, I was taking singing lessons and was always getting sick, so my singing coach told me her secret weapon: 1000mg of vitamin C the moment you feel funny and 500mg every hour that day. The 3000mg total the next day. Low and behold...15 years cold-free. In fact the only reason this one got hold was that I just moved and was already tired and run-down so I didn't notice the symptoms until it was too late.

The thing about it is, though, that I have an optimistic outlook on illness. I believe that illness can only reside in a body at dis-ease. Therefore, I maintain ease in my life. When I feel my body coming down with something, I load the vit C, and have added vit D to that mix; get more sleep; meditate a little more and think only positive thoughts. I never say, "I can't get sick" or "I don't feel good". Instead I say, "I need more sleep, or my body is trying to catch something." In this way, I don't focus on "ill" but instead on what to do about it. In the last 15 years I have had less than 5 illnesses total. All of them were tonsillitis and/or bronchitis due to my asthma. Even those, due to my powerful knowledge of my body and my ability to remain at ease, only last hours or a couple of days instead of weeks as some people experience.

Optimism and positivity are useful in very many areas in life. During this icky-health season, focus on your health and be thankful for all healing you experience.