“And when comfort is what we want, one of the most powerful tonics alternative medicine offers is the word ‘natural.’ This word implies a medicine untroubled by human limitations, contrived wholly by nature or God or perhaps intelligent design. What ‘natural’ has come to mean to us in the context of medicine is ‘pure’ and ‘safe’ and ‘benign’. But the use of ‘natural’ as a synonym for ‘good’ is almost certainly a product of our profound alienation from the natural world.”

― Eula Biss, On Immunity: An Inoculation

In light of the current global pandemic, coronavirus, write about a time you or a family member/ friend got really sick. I’m not talking about the common cold here, I mean days off work/ school, hospital visits, the works. I imagine this could be a painful memory, so write it for your eyes only. Let out the fears and pain your felt during that time. What did the illness make you think about? What were you afraid of? Were your fears realized? How did you manage? Tie in other memories from your life and remember that every story has at least two layers: the top layer which is the story as it’s told, and the underlying message of the story. What did you learn from this experience? What do you want to teach others from your experience?

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