Out of the blue, I got the flu. That’s what happens to us all periodically. For me, it’s hard to accept that I have to stop everything to sleep and rest. When I get sick like this, my body does not let me move, create, nor function. For those days or hours I must simply stop while my body recoups. Of course, whatever water and nutrients I can assist my body with helps. But sleep happens whether I like it or not.
Then often, just as suddenly I feel better. I feel giddy that I can move, think, create, and function. It’s a new lease on the next phase of life and being sick and recovering brings a renewed respect for my body’s needs and my body’s ability to recover.
Of course, chronic conditions my body deals with is a different story, with limitations and management being a chronic matter. Even with those glitches, there are good and bad days and the good days are a celebrated reprieve.
Our bodies are us! Yet sometimes it feels like our body works against us, holding us back; and of course sometimes we hold our body back with dumb choices.
So, now that I feel recovered, I plan on taking care of this fragile yet hardy body with better respect. My mindset has once again been reset and my gentle flu (lucky this time) is received as a message to make better choices including celebrating the healthy times with reverence.
Reset! Here we go.
Dr Carol Francis
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