Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge — Carl Jung

What if every time we tricked our immune system we solved one problem but created another?

Ever see someone in the grocery store wiping “germs” off their shopping cart handle? I often wonder if those antibacterial wipes do little more than offer shoppers a false sense of security. Why?

Think about it, unless they are going to wipe the whole store down then where’s the cutoff point? Does the farmer who picks the lettuce need to wipe down his hands? How about the guy loading the soda onto the truck? And the person cutting down bananas? How about the teen on summer break stocking shelves? If this is about “controlling” germs why don’t the supermarkets offer wipes next to the credit card machine at the checkout?

Can you see where I’m going with this?

Unless we live inside a bubble it’s impossible to control the environment around us. If the goal is not to get sick then we have to control the environment within us.

For all my germaphobe homies out there, let’s take this a step further. Many of those bacteria that freak you out so much are already living inside you. No really, it’s true. Some estimates suggest they outnumber your cells by at least ten to one. Do the math, that makes us only ten percent human!

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