How Do We Maintain Good Health ?

A page taken from A Journey into Herbal Healing by Randall White.

The simplest way to answer this question is with the following list:

• Laugh a lot, particularly at yourself


• Keep busy when it's necessary and do nothing when it's needed.


• Do most things in moderation and some things in excess.


• Keep a positive outlook, even when the crap hits the fan.


• Remember that, like plants we need crap to grow.


• Too much crap is not good for plants or people.


• Feed your body and your mind.


• Eat well, drink lots of liquids and get plenty of exercise.


• Sometimes eat bad food, drink wine and lie on the couch.


• Never smoke anything bad for you.


• Never wear clothes when you don't have to.


• If you have a good voice, sing to honor spirit.


• If you don't have a good voice, sing to get even.


• If you drink and drive, you're a bloody idiot.


• Think of others before yourself, but don't forget yourself.


• Self-control is not always a good thing. Lose it sometimes.


• Destroy destructive things and nourish nourishing things.


• Get up before the sun and spend an hour meditating.


• Stay up late and don't get out of bed before noon.


• Have lots of sex when you're young.


• Have lots of sex when you're older.


• Never stop learning in life and about life.


• Read this list every day and add to it when necessary.