Filled with blossoms and buds the forest touts its regeneration with shades of green and yellow. Cool overcast skies surrender its burdensome water as droplets of rain descend indiscriminately on all that lies below. Some of the rendering penetrates the thirsty soil while some joins the fluid of the running stream. Still other droplets target waiting leaves to be absorbed or to be evaporated into the already moist air that will condense it yet again at another time. The cycle of life sustaining moisture seems healthy in the Piedmont this year and if continued promises a healthy garden this season. Movement relies upon a sufficient supply of a nerve transmitter known as dopamine. That transmitter is produced deep in the brain by what is known as pyramidal cells. Dopamine that is not used up circulates freely to be consumed as needed for smooth and seamless movement. When the pyramidal cells begin to die off, as in Parkinson’s, less and less dopamine is available for consumption during normal activity. Stiffness and a “resting” tremor begin to occur as healthy dopamine levels are depleted. Sometimes a shuffling walk and or uncontrollable movements give evidence of transmitter depletion. Fortunately, there are some substitutes for dopamine that can be taken orally that help to satiate the body’s cry for the seeming life-giving dopamine. Just as water from the well through the strategically placed sprinkler system mimics the spray of rain in nature’s cycle, the ingestion of neural transmitter facilitators refreshes what has been depleted in nature’s supply. Taken with a full dose of gratitude, the substitute facilitator reaches its true potential in a thankful recipient. Rain is nature’s preference, but a hearty dose from the sprinkler system facilitates a bountiful crop as well.
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