Joy Is the Medicine - Maya Spector

[Larry Robinson]

Joy Is the Medicine


My habitual seriousness 
demands: Isn’t life 
a problem to be solved
and full of pain and sorrow?
Don’t we find ourselves 
in a world of greed, corruption, 
war, and a dying planet,
teetering on all
the edges?
It is so hard to
crack the code.
It is so easy to 
lose hope for cures.

But there is a medicine
given to us along with 
the pains of our small lives.
Its name is Joy.

It will not heal
the ills that assail us, 
but it will feed 
our hungry souls
and salve 
our aching hearts.
You will never obtain
a prescription for Joy 
from the medical establishment.
Only a soul doctor
can provide it, and
that one is only found
inside yourself.

The inner healer says –
Yes, the world is falling,
But the earth will always
renew itself in the end.
You must grieve, but
there is also so much
to love.
So, here is your prescription –
Look at the sky every day.
Watch the birds, and the trees swaying in the wind.
Look at the faces of babies and children.
Hug someone.
Give gifts.
Plant a garden.
Love the land where you live.
Make your home beautiful.
The medicine called Joy
has another name -
Love.
Heal into a full life,
both in spite of 
and because of
everything.

	- Maya Spector

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