| | being sick has a way of making you humble.
not just in the head-in-the-toilet-begging-for-mercy kind of humility. and not just in the humility that comes with lying on the bathroom floor. the real kind. the "don't think of yourselves more highly than you ought" Philippians kind of humility.
because when you're sick, you realize how much you don't matter to the large scheme of things. events that seemed as if they necessitated your presence go off seamlessly. parties that you would have enjoyed provide an equally high level of fun for those involved even without your being there to enjoy them. as the theme song of the wonder years puts it, "life goes on."
which, i believe, is exactly why people get sick.
still not connecting?
well, let's think about why someone gets sick. something (virus, bacteria, something) invades your body and some point in your body is too weak to defend itself, it can't keep up the defense. well, why was the body weak? it either has a natural affinity for being weak, or it was weakened by something else. overuse, stress, tiredness, whatever may have you. you do something to yourself that makes your body weak to disease.
and why do you do that body-weakening something to yourself? why is the overuse, stress, tiredness or whatever may have you part of your life?
i'm going to venture out and say it's because you're believing the lie that "you have to." you have to be this stressed, this tired, or things won't get done.
and so, when you're sick, and things still end up as they ought to be, it has a way of bringing you to your knees. and not just on the bathroom floor.
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| | Posted 5/28/2007 5:51 PM - 4 Views - 0 eProps - 0 comments
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