Doctor’s Day

Perfect Health is not Just an absence of illness. It is a state of total physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well being. That is why it is important to celebrate our partners in the quest for positive health – doctors. India celebrates Doctor’s day on 1st July every year on the birthday of the freedom fighter, educationalist and physician Dr. B.C. Roy. Choose and make friends with a doctor younger than you for the sole purpose of helping you maintain and improve your state of positive well being. Most patients go to doctors when they are really ill, when it is too late to do anything. The Chinese were wise. They paid their doctors as long as they were well. They stopped paying when they became ill, since the doctor had failed in maintaining their health. On Doctor’s day, you could wear a red carnation which is the official symbol of that day. The flower, with its glowing colour represents the spirit of the profession – charity, sacrifice, bravery and audacity. We honour our doctor’s spirit of service and show our appreciation of the fact that even a minor mistake by this professional, can ruin or end your life. Meet your doctors on that day with a little gift, appreciating the pressure of the job and the daily practice of gentle loving kindness that they practice. So today promise yourself that you will meet and talk to your doctor to retain and improve your health. Do not ignore even minor signs and symptoms which your body uses to tell you about its disease or lack of ease. Take positive steps like an annual check-up, regular exercise, wise diet, meditation. Honour your doctor who is your partner in health. Measure your feeling of wellness by monitoring your energy levels, your zest for life, your capacity to live to its fullest. Maybe with your doctor’s help, you die young at ripe old age.