Another man died last week. He was not a Hollywood celebrity, and he didn’t hold animal blood sacrifices on stage to become famous; he wasn’t complacent while young women were being drugged and raped, and he didn’t beat his wife and children.
He was none of those things, and his name is Dr. Jim Doty, a neurologist who dedicated his life to helping people recognize that being good and doing good may very well be the most significant and most powerful prophylactic to overall health that has ever existed.
We so often hear the phrase, If you eat crap, you’re going to feel like crap.
But very rarely do people talk about the fact that if you treat yourself and other people like crap, you are also going to feel like crap. Because either one will take a toll on your physical health. This is something I’ve been trying to instill in the minds of everyone for years. But nobody has done it better or said it better than Dr. Jim Doty a.k.a. “James R Doty” if you want to look him up and find out who he is.
I hope one day that every single one of you recognizes that the better you are as a human being, the healthier you will be. Hold that door open, just smile at a stranger, consider and be mindful of others. Love unconditionally and recognize that the purpose of each of us here is to help lift each other up.
Let’s all do a whole lot more of this than we have been, including me. We need it for our own health, but the world needs it so we can all come together again.