I’m working my way through cold symptoms. Yuck. Seldom being sick this is a learning experience. Part of it is dealing with people’s response: I don’t want or need the (almost gleeful) reply that “it’s going to be a bad year, they say, for colds” and “I know someone who had it and now it’s pneumonia” – or words to this effect. I am affected by what people tell me and would much rather spend my energy on letting my body get rid of the dis-ease and return to its natural healthy state than combatting this negativity. So I try to avoid such feedback and instead hope to come across people who will acknowledge that dealing with such things is not pleasant, perhaps suggest some remedies that will assist the body in its healing, (not mask the symptoms), pass on their ‘wellness’ thoughts and energy to me, as I would do to them.