Liver Consciousness-raising

May is Hepatitis Awareness Month. The goal is to increase public awareness about viral hepatitis, but the term hepatitis awareness sounds like we are trying to make our hepatitis more aware. A militaristic coach might say, “Come on you virus, open your eyes. Look around you and straighten up.” A Zen teacher would say, “Let go of the past. There is no future. There is only hepatitis.” A Kung Fu master would counsel, “Follow the path of the Tao, little grasshepper.”