Real Awareness

He who obstinately and stubbornly will not see, will not see

For all the technology and knowledge that we possess, we still are one of the dumbest and most naïve nations on the earth. Is this willfully and purposely construed or do we really lack a screw somewhere in our brain? It is amazing: we have a cancer awareness month and thousands of dollars go into research for a cure, yet all become blissfully blind to its causes, of whose removal and prevention could easily resolve the problem. If we all stop smoking, using contraceptives, practicing abortion and avoiding chemical additives and erroneous eating habits with lack of exercises, we won’t need a cancer awareness month.

Now we are into the diabetes awareness month. However, no one has said a word about the terrible harm that white refined sugar causes on our internal organs. It is sold by the tons in the supermarkets and then people complain as to why they came down with diabetes! I would suggest that we start a “cause of diseases” month. Maybe that one could just wrap up the rest and do more good than all the jargon thrown and spilled out throughout the year on useless rhetoric.

Father Anthony Mellace