Ever hear the tale of the farmer and the rats?
Once a farmer had a problem with rats. Upon consulting a ‘professional’ in the matter, the farmer invested in a few snakes to deal with the rat population. This worked brilliantly… Until the snakes began to multiply and became a threat to his workers, his family, his friends,
and himself.
Now he has a snake problem.
Again, he consulted the same ‘professional’, whose advice was to, ‘Get some mongeese in there. It will take care of your snake problem in no time!’ Now, the farmer should have realized the man, who sold him the snakes, and is now trying to sell him mongeese, may not have the best advice (but does have an impressive business plan). Yet he goes along with the advice.
The farmer was ecstatic at how swiftly and effectively the mongooses dealt with the snakes… Until he found they were destroying his plants and local bird population, disrupting the whole eco system, negatively impacting the farm and, despite being so damn cute (see), they are savagely dangerous if cornered.
Once again he returns to the same ‘professional’ for further advice. Now the man’s suggestion gets serious (and seriously expensive). “Oh that’s easy to take care of. You just need a gorilla or two. And I know a great place to get affordable gorillas these days”
A GORILLA?! The desperate and unwise farmer listened and, well, as you might have guessed, this ended up in him having a gorilla problem… (which is obviously far worse than the simple rat problem he started with).
This story is a great example of how difficult it can be to manage the side effects of certain medications, and the seemingly futile journey we can go on to try and balance one compounding issue after another, if the root of the problem is not taken care of as well.
Most of us already have enough trouble as it is in life. We have physical issues. We have our minds to deal with. We have environmental issues. We have political nonsense of all shapes and sizes. And we have spiritual conundrums. We don’t need to add a potential ‘gorilla problem’ on top of it all on the path of healing when there are other ways. Trying to get well, and stay well in our current climate, can already be a sensitive and challenging area as it is.
This is one of many reasons more and more people are turning to the wisdom of natural health as a viable (and often, in the long run, more cost effective and happier) option. It’s why preventive medicine and creating a solid foundation of health is ALWAYS the wisest choice, the most sustainable and direct path to health and well being, because it creates a foundation for health so further problems don’t continue to grow out of it unwell soil. Nature heals nature naturally! We just need give it the right boost and help re-create the natural conditions of well being and that’s what the right natural medicines, along with lifestyle, meditation and good living do.
With love from all of us at Purica.
