Divine Prescription

Psychologist Alfred Adler once put an ad in the paper for his “Fourteen-Day Cure Plan.” He claimed that he could cure anyone of any emotional or mental disorder in just fourteen days. One day, an extremely lonely woman came to him for advice. He told her that if she would do as he said, she would be cured of her loneliness in a mere fourteen days. “What do you want me to do?” she asked. Adler replied, “If you will do something for another person every day for two weeks, your loneliness will be gone.” The woman objected: “Why should I do anything for someone else?” To which the psychologist replied, “Well, in your case, it may take a month.”

Christ our Lord has given us a lifetime prescription plan, and it is the ultimate cure:

“Love one another.
just as I have loved you,
you also must love one another.
By this love, you have for one another,
everyone will…