Silver linings

The default setting when sick is to wish this were over. But this is the wrong approach. It’s amazing (perhaps even a placebo effect) when you instead turn to feel the pain. Not to run away from it. Not to wish you were in the future. But to embrace it. Life isn’t just roses. It is suffering too. And we want to return to the status quo as soon as possible. When we do this, you might be surprised to discover that your body tends to let go to what it is feeling in order to the next thing in. Sounds weird. But try it. It helps to find the silver lining. When one is sick, it forces us to slow down.