Remember the Patch Adams movie? It's about social activist and comedian/clown, Dr. Hunter Adams who devoted his life to healing people's hearts as well as their bodies. Well, I spoke to him over the phone one time when I was researching holistic medicine for an ailing family member. Dr. Adams said something profound to me in a voice that surprisingly was quite powerful and tenacious. He told me to never look for a way out of suffering, but look for ways to encourage others in their suffering. He said that was the only real reason to be alive on this earth: encouraging others. He said that if we miss that point, we miss out on the most meaningful blessings in our lives.
I was kind of disappointed at first that he didn't fill me in on alternative medicine. But what he did tell me was so compelling and his voice was so fervent, I believed that's exactly what God wanted me to know.