Sunday, February 05, 2006
Heorshe
Hello,
Heorshe, joke or real?
There is a famous old joke about Heorshe searching for
something under the light of a lamppost. A patrolman
noticing it asked, and the following exchange took place.
"What are you doing?"
"I am looking for my ring."
"Did you lose it here?"
"I lost it somewhere."
"Why are you searching for it here?"
"It is brighter here."
Many jokers usually personified Heorshe as an old lady.
But Heorshe really represents many of us, in many spheres
of our lives.
Just look at the matter of human body organs. So much
efforts have been spent on how to help people whose
organs have failed. Laws have been enacted to recover
organs from people about to die, to be grafted to those
whose organs have failed, to enable them to prolong their
lives. Huge amounts of funds have been raised to alleviate
their suffering. Talks on radio, features on television,
articles in newspapers, and great efforts have been exerted,
sometimes dangerously, to raise these funds. All these are
great acts; they are noble acts. But are not doing all these
just like what Heorshe had been doing, looking for a cure
or a replacement instead of looking at what one had and
keeping it safe in the first place.
The serious matter is this. Is organ failure to-day a timely
and normal occurrence? Do organs and glands have to fail
prematurely instead of at their expected old age?
To-day we have scientists, doctors, pharmacologists,
regulatory authorities, government ministers, and all sorts
of experts who are highly positioned to maintain good health
among the people. With all these people around, why are
people having premature organ and gland failures at an ever
increasing rate every year? Why so, surely these people know
why? And if they know, what have they done, and what are
they doing? And if they do not know, why are they there.
There are people who know the cause of all these. There are
people who know how to avoid this; there are also those who
do not know, and there are those who cannot do much about
it. But it is well known that one major cause is our food, or
other things we consumed. This is where we lose our organs,
spoil our glands. This is where our organs and glands
malfunction. This is where we need to look at for our good
health and keep it safe.
Why are we looking for a remedy, or for a replacement instead?
Is it not ugly to wait for someone to die to prolong another life?
Is it not time that the organ and gland failure rate should
reverse, or at least not increase?
Are we all not like Heorshe?
Have a nice day.
Ronald
Heorshe, joke or real?
There is a famous old joke about Heorshe searching for
something under the light of a lamppost. A patrolman
noticing it asked, and the following exchange took place.
"What are you doing?"
"I am looking for my ring."
"Did you lose it here?"
"I lost it somewhere."
"Why are you searching for it here?"
"It is brighter here."
Many jokers usually personified Heorshe as an old lady.
But Heorshe really represents many of us, in many spheres
of our lives.
Just look at the matter of human body organs. So much
efforts have been spent on how to help people whose
organs have failed. Laws have been enacted to recover
organs from people about to die, to be grafted to those
whose organs have failed, to enable them to prolong their
lives. Huge amounts of funds have been raised to alleviate
their suffering. Talks on radio, features on television,
articles in newspapers, and great efforts have been exerted,
sometimes dangerously, to raise these funds. All these are
great acts; they are noble acts. But are not doing all these
just like what Heorshe had been doing, looking for a cure
or a replacement instead of looking at what one had and
keeping it safe in the first place.
The serious matter is this. Is organ failure to-day a timely
and normal occurrence? Do organs and glands have to fail
prematurely instead of at their expected old age?
To-day we have scientists, doctors, pharmacologists,
regulatory authorities, government ministers, and all sorts
of experts who are highly positioned to maintain good health
among the people. With all these people around, why are
people having premature organ and gland failures at an ever
increasing rate every year? Why so, surely these people know
why? And if they know, what have they done, and what are
they doing? And if they do not know, why are they there.
There are people who know the cause of all these. There are
people who know how to avoid this; there are also those who
do not know, and there are those who cannot do much about
it. But it is well known that one major cause is our food, or
other things we consumed. This is where we lose our organs,
spoil our glands. This is where our organs and glands
malfunction. This is where we need to look at for our good
health and keep it safe.
Why are we looking for a remedy, or for a replacement instead?
Is it not ugly to wait for someone to die to prolong another life?
Is it not time that the organ and gland failure rate should
reverse, or at least not increase?
Are we all not like Heorshe?
Have a nice day.
Ronald