Pearls Not Pills

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Posted by Richard Sauter (135.214.40.68) on 11:18:23 29/11/04

Happiness and joy are not found in taking pills. They come instead from facing the vicissitudes of life. No one was meant to be happy all the time simply because you can t appreciate happiness if you don t know sorrow. And the more intimately you are acquainted with the latter, the greater will be your understanding of the former. The immediate self-gratification that supposedly comes from taking some form of medication for every thing that bothers you in fact simply leaves you with a moronic smile like the one on Bob . Perhaps the most frightening thing, and there is much to be frightened about (pass me a happy pill, please) in this barrage of pharmacological advertising, is that so many people totally disregard those little warnings at the end. (Damn, a run on sentence, pass me an articulation pill, please.) You know, the ones that tell you, Oh yeah, this just might kill you, but not to worry, you ll go out happy! No, pearls don t come from pills nor does happiness. Pearls like diamonds require pressure to develop. So does happiness. The artificial ones, like the artificial happiness that you find in pills, have very little value.

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Comments:	: Happiness and joy are not found in taking pills. They come instead from facing the vicissitudes of life. No one was meant to be happy all the time simply because you can t appreciate happiness if you don t know sorrow. And the more intimately you are acquainted with the latter, the greater will be your understanding of the former. The immediate self-gratification that supposedly comes from taking some form of medication for every thing that bothers you in fact simply leaves you with a moronic smile like the one on Bob . Perhaps the most frightening thing, and there is much to be frightened about (pass me a happy pill, please) in this barrage of pharmacological advertising, is that so many people totally disregard those little warnings at the end. (Damn, a run on sentence, pass me an articulation pill, please.) You know, the ones that tell you, Oh yeah, this just might kill you, but not to worry, you ll go out happy! No, pearls don t come from pills nor does happiness. Pearls like diamonds require pressure to develop. So does happiness. The artificial ones, like the artificial happiness that you find in pills, have very little value.
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Dr. Carl A. Hammerschlag, M.D., CPAE, psychiatrist and author, is a professional keynote and motivational speaker. He speaks on a variety of topics including healthcare, mind body and spirit, health and wellness, mental healing and leadership. He has delivered motivational and keynote speaches to corporate and business clients around the world.