Choices
Posted by Rue & Brian
Hello again, its October in N.Z., and the second month of Spring.
This letter I want to write about the choices involved with 'healing'
In the 1990's I met a wonderful osteopath who became a friend. We met for 'coffee' one day and she was telling me about her sister who was so sick and needed so much help. I looked at her in disbelief and said 'but you can deal with all this?' and she said 'Its her choice to be sick. Think about it - She doesn't make friends easily, doesn't have any hobbies where she meets people, never had children and she is a lonely person.
She started by hurting her foot so she had to have help to do her housework, take her shopping etc - suddenly her days had activities for her to look forward to. She quickly worked out that the alcohol (she was fond of) reacted with the pills she was on - how convenient! The sicker she got, ensured she kept, or got more, help. Personally, I work towards keeping us well but I hadn't thought of 'loneliness' as a reason to stay sick. And, isn't it strange how we humans look at sickness. When we were kids, if you were sick you were made a fuss of - while everyone else went off to school and was healthy, the sick person was given lemonade, made up a bed in the lounge, read a story or some other treat. Yet how often do we bother to congratulate our well family for being healthy. Its worth thinking about, don't you think? Have pride in keeping yourself Healthy, energetic, go to bed at a reasonable hour and get up early and be happy.
Rue
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