February 4, 2009

if only you are willing

photo by Lee Keefer

“The best six doctors anywhere

And no one can deny it

Are sunshine, water, rest, and air

Exercise and diet.

These six will gladly you attend

If only you are willing

Your mind they'll ease

Your will they'll mend

And charge you not a shilling.”

- Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields

(What the River Knows, 1990)

“Diseases of the soul are more dangerous

and more numerous

than those of the body.”

- Cicero