The Remedy Against Bad Times...

A painting I did a while back to get through some rough times. I keep it on my drafting table where I can see it. My doctor had me on a medication that really made my life miserable. But I was compliant and I figured it was helping. I gained fifty lbs. on it. I acquired diabetes. I painted pictures like this one to inspire me to stick with my doctor's plan. The medication's cost was over a thousand dollars for thirty tablets. I  was relieved when I could no longer afford the pills and I switched to something far cheaper. I lost fifty lbs. My diabetes is now controlled by diet. My physician wonders if I ever had diabetes.   My numbers are in the normal range. Painting has always kept me focused on the goal to improve my situation, no matter how bad it gets. Sometimes I struggle when it seems that nothing is getting better. Yet by painting I take each day and focus on my long term goal of trusting that things will turn out okay... No matter how difficult it is at the moment...