Of course we are talking about the ‘big’ diseases here of cancer, heart disease, MS and more. There are many. But we are also talking about personal diseases: alcoholism, anger, bigotry, depression, etc. Some are handled in private, some with drugs, some with therapy. But there is usually a bottom that a person reached before the sun shines through, before the cure is found. I know in my life there have been diseases within myself that I didn’t get rid of until there was a crisis that threatened me or my family. Alcohol being one of them. I stopped back in 1993 because of it. What are your diseases? Are you waiting for the crisis until you accept the cure? “The nearer any disease approaches to a crisis, the nearer it is to a cure.” – Thomas Paine, 1737-1809, American Pamphleteer and Patriot

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