Heal Up
“Adapt yourself to the life you have been given” — Marcus Aurelius, attributed
This writing is Certified Human
The Obstacle
We are humans. Biological organisms. Subject to sickness, injury, and error.
We don’t always feel our best. Physically. Mentally. Spiritually.
There are times when we are injured, and we must limit what we are doing to account for that injury.
We tend to push past injury to minimize, avoid changing our daily routine, or avoid changing how we approach life.
We don’t adapt.
We force the universe into compliance, furthering our injury, pain, and frustration, and setting back our recovery.
When we are unable to recognize our injury and what needs to be changed, we are unable to perform our best or be in a state of growth.
We need time to heal up.
The Gift And Opportunity
Injury is not something that we would seek. We would not choose to be injured in any way.
Injury provides a gift by exposing a weakness in a body part, a system, or a method of thought.
When we are injured physically, mentally, or spiritually, it allows us to see the exposed weakness, let it rest and heal, and then rebuild stronger around it so that it’s less likely to happen again.
Another gift is that we can focus on other areas in our bodies, minds, spirits, or lives while the injury heals.
If we injure an arm, we can work on legs. If we injure legs, we can work on arms.
If our spirit or our conscious thoughts feel injured, then we can work on our personality, communication, or expectations.
While we let the injury heal, we can strengthen other parts of our lives.
The Practice Of Self-Mastery
• Recognize the injury
• Adapt without frustration
• Let it rest and heal
• Strengthen what is still available
CHEAT CODE: RECOGNIZE → ADAPT → HEAL → STRENGTHEN WHAT IS AVAILABLE
The Why
I dove off the boat this weekend, hit the water, and got turned around.
In a scramble to get back to the surface because I am a sinker, I overextended my shoulder, nearly dislocating it and likely tearing some muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
In the beginning, I was unable to lift my arm more than a couple of inches without severe pain.
The setback is frustrating, and the healing time will be longer than I’d like.
After the healing has taken place, I’ll be rehabbing for quite some time to get it back to 100%.
In the meantime, I’ve realized there is a weakness in my shoulder at the far range of motion. I need to be a little more flexible and stronger at the ends.
I will keep this in mind and work toward this exposed weakness so that in a month, six months, or a year from now, it’s stronger than it was.
During the healing process, when I’m unable to do anything with it, I will focus on other areas of my body, like ankle mobility and calves, knowing that losing mobility there is not great as we get older.
Either way, this setback is a gift that I will use moving forward to make myself stronger.
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