Generally speaking I don't care for films that have subtitles.  First of all, reading in the dark goes against, well,……. all the rules of reading.  I mean, when you were a kid your mom or dad didn't come into the room when you were knee deep in a good book and say "hey, it's too bright in here, you need to turn out the light."  Quite the contrary of course.  Secondly, those films are generally distracting because in addition to having to read you generally have to deal with people running all over the screen while at the same time jibbering away in another language.  So basically you have to watch two things at once and listen to a bunch of jibberish.   Nonsense.

BUT.

Today we have a brief but powerful film on Health and Care. Two words that go together like Swiss and Cheese, Rock and Star, Ice Cream and Cone, Captain and Tennille (well, maybe not the last one, if you have read this far, but you get the picture).   The grass roots health alliance, formally known as the Healthiest Nation Alliance recently posted (I assume they posted it) this video on YouTube. 

While it does not pack the action of a $100,000,000 Tom Cruise MI film, it does spare the jibberish and annoying actors noted in the commentary above.  And its message is pretty much in your face. 

If you can't see the video because youtube has taken it down, please click one of the Healthiest Nation in this posting and then click on the "What's Happening" tab when you get to their site.

I spent a bit of time at the Healthiest Nation Alliance's website and while I was a bit cautious at first due to some of the players,  I was struck by the mission and the organizations' simple desire to be known as an organization that "values health and well being."  I was struck by the lack of partisanship in their model for health improvement. 

To solve our health issues at both a local, national, and global level will require an unequalled level of collaboration;  between individuals and institutions, governments and businesses, great minds and greater actions.  Watch the video again, and then if you are inspired, scared or otherwise motivated, begin to think about your own model for health improvement.  As we have said on many occasions at The Gradock Bulletin, "Change one thing.  Then change another and then another."  You will be on your way to being a part of the solution.