asparagus

Few people with illness of any sort, especially cancer, seem able to avoid the curative urges of friends and family.  Rich's latest received helpful hint:  Eat asparagus.  Or, more precisely, puree canned asparagus (are you sick yet?) and ingest several tablespoons a day.  In a few weeks, you will be cancer-free!  One of the cited proofs is that the author of the article (who never had cancer) has consumed a daily dose of asparagus, and he still doesn't have cancer.  Amazing.

I'm not one to worship science, but -- why are we humans so fearful of what simply is, and eager to swallow anything that will avoid "is"?

A final note:  In Traditional Chinese Medicine, "Chinese Asparagus" is an ancient, well-used tonic.  Perhaps this is the source of the "asparagus cure" rumor.  The difference, though, is this:  TCM practitioners emphasize healing over curing, and this never fails.

Candace

life is (good)

Not too long ago, T-shirts began appearing with an image of a happy guy golfing or lazily sitting in an Adirondack chair or hiking, accompanied by the message, "Life is good."  As if there's an alternative point of view.

Well, maybe.  A suggestion:  "Life is."  A complete sentence without "good," which implies that life could be otherwise.  

From the outside, sure.  Bad weather, bad pain, bad parents, bad children, bad government...but inside, what changes?

Candace