May 23
When Will It Ever End???
When Will It Ever End???
What did you think when you read the title of this blog–that I was going to be complaining about some form of torture or a deep problem I was experiencing? Well, actually, I am thinking about something very good that is happening right now, and wondering when it will end!
The very good that is happening right now is that I am fully employed, in a job that I absolutely love, in the most beautiful State in the country, at the most beautiful time of the year. We and the rest of our family are in good health, and all seems well for me and everyone I know. Yet, I also know from years of experience that in an instant things can change for ourselves and others as well.
I was in one of those almost euphoric states back about this time in 2003. As I was moving a heavy piece of furniture up the stairs I felt a “giveaway” sensation in my low back, but didn’t think much about it. Within literally just a couple of weeks I was unable to walk, and was taken to surgery to deal with a monstrous in size disc that had ruptured in my low back. From a healthy, happy and strong person, in just weeks I was in constant burning pain and agony and unable to exercise or do much of anything for weeks and even months. Today, that all seems like it never happened, almost like it was someone else who went through it.
What I felt at that time was an almost tragic thing that would change my life for worse has instead turned out to be a blessing. I so much more appreciate the ability to exercise, run, ride my bikes, ride for long distances in cars and many other things that I literally lost for a long time. When it happened, the whole episode seemed surreal and almost unendurable, but today I realize the great benefit of that suffering I went through.
I take nothing for granted these days, even my current state of good health. I see every day as a gift, and one that should be lived to the fullest because it will never come around again. Time is not saved–it is spent.
Today, or at least this weekend, take an opportunity to count your blessings–to thank God for them–and to look at what today you regard as the “bad things” happening to you. Ask for understanding that what seems like unendurable suffering or confusion might very well be tomorrow’s best medicine for you!
June 3rd, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Hi Mike,
Thank you for being such an inspiration to me. Everyday I find something that you’ve blog or post that encourages me in my journey whether it be gratitude invoking or keeping it all in perspective. You have helped countless people along your journey and I will forever be grateful.
Michelle
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