Illness...

I'm almost fully recovered from the chest infection that decided to pay me a visit recently. It'll probably take few more days to complete the last goodbyes, but at least I have enough mental energy to sit down at the laptop and create the post.

3 days ago I have read:

When you become ill, regard your illness as your teacher, not as something to be hated.

Later on that day, when I was lying down in bed at night, these words came back to me. I examined my reactions in the light of this quote. I noticed that my body is actually trying to resist the discomfort in the throat and the chest. As if by opposing it, by tensing, something could be resolved... I decided to be more present to the discomfort, and simply accept it. To respond.

What I described above is just one example of unnecessary energy wasting - perhaps the waste of the very force needed for recovery. Another example: inner complaining and being grumpy that I have to suffer so much! Poor me... Drip, drip, drip - energy leaking away again...

Did I learn anything from the process? Well, I'll verify it when I get ill again. Hopefully not very soon!

The process continues, and this illness seems to be important part of it.