Prescription Pads

Majority of the diseases now are psychosomatic, experts say.

Psychosomatic - that the illness no longer stems from organic or physical damage, but that is brought by the head.

 

It's all in the mind.

 

But the prescription pads still tell the same thing.

 

Take antidepressants, take antibiotics.

Something for your heart.

Something for high sugar.

Something for the liver.

A painkiller. A decongestant.

 

If I were a doctor, I'd write people one, differently.

 

On the prescription pad:

 

I'll draw them a flower. It's always the easiest to draw. And you can never go wrong, they're always beautiful.

 

I'll write them poetry. It will take time to rhyme. But that's just to say there may not be all the right words to say something, but there will always be a way.

 

I'll tell them to run in the rain. If they cant sit down and cry, they can run in the rain and no one will really notice.

 

I'll write a recipe. I can write a recipe on how to bake cinnamon rolls the wrong way. Bake cookies till they get charcoal black. That might tell you it's okay to make mistakes. It doesn't taste good, but you can have a good laugh with it. Try baking a cake, if it goes wrong, then its for you. If it's good enough, share it with someone. 

 

I'll put a reminder - that you can learn how to do things without people really teaching you how to do it. Remember how babies learn to smile or laugh? How?

 

I'll tell them to write a story. Life isn't short. It is the longest thing people will ever get to experience. Life isn't short, but it happens only once. So while people can't live another life, they can read about it. And if there's a life you can no longer live, then you can write about it.

 

Forgive. It's the best prescription I got for myself.

 

Take a long walk. The world is round after all. If you have all the time, you will never get lost.

 

If you can't take a sheet from me, I'll give you an empty one, and you can write me back. Tell me what you need. Most people just need someone to hear them out after all, and we have all the empty sheets for that.

 

What pills do your prescription pads say?

 

If we all write one for the people we love, cant we all be doctors? Can't we all save a life?

 

Psychosomatic.

 

The prescription pads are interesting. They are papers like any other.

 

But maybe if we write one differently, then we also heal another way.

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I was in the home of a colleague a while ago, sharing about the love for books. I opened up a book, and saw a prescription pad, quite disappointed that it was a real prescription, other than something more interesting.

Might we write one differently?