DON’T FENCE ME IN

DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE THE PAIN IN YOUR LIFE IS LIKE A FENCE THAT KEEPS YOU IMPRISONED?

I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH QUITE A FEW PEOPLE IN MY LIFE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH PAIN. WE AREN’T BEING AS ACTIVE AS WE COULD BE PERHAPS. MANY OF OUR GYMS AND POOLS ARE JUST STARTING TO OPEN AND EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE DO WE WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE OF WORKING OUT IN AN ENCLOSED BUILDING WITH OTHER MOUTH BREATHING , SWEATING SOULS?

SO OUR JOINTS ARE STIFF AND OUR STRESSES ARE ADDING TO THE STRAIN. I KNOW OF A FEW FRIENDS WHO HAVE RECENTLY HAD TO BURY THEIR MUMS . UGH. I AM DREADING THE INEVITABLE DAY.

AND THINGS THAT TAKE AWAY SOME OF OUR ANXIETIES ….EVEN SIMPLE HUGS FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS …MAY NOT HAPPEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

I MYSELF AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE NEXT STEP IN PAIN MANAGEMENT AS IT APPEARS THAT MY PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS FOR ARTHRITIS HAVE STARTED TO UPSET MY STOMACH AND NOT WORK WELL TOO. I HAVE A CALL WITH MY DOCTOR TODAY SO I DON’T EVEN HAVE TO GO INTO THE OFFICE.

SOMETIMES I JUST WANT TO PUT MY HEAD IN MY HANDS AND SOB. IT IS ALL TOO MUCH. I AM FENCED IN ON ALL SIDES WITH SAD NEWS,PAIN, AND THINGS THAT MAKE ME FEEL SORRY FOR MYSELF.

THIS SUFFERING IS REAL BUT IT IS NOT ALL I AM . I AM A GRATEFUL,HAPPY PERSON MOST DAYS. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF COUNTING YOUR BLESSINGS? THERE ARE PROBABLY TOO MANY FOR ME TO COUNT.

I ONLY HAVE TO LOOK OVER THE ‘FENCE’ TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL ‘FLOWERS’ IN MY LIFE: MY FAITH, MY FAMILY,MY FRIENDS,MY MUSIC, MY ART ,MY ABILITY TO LAUGH, EAT, MOVE, BREATHE, AND …YOU GET THE IDEA.

LIFE IS AN INCREDIBLE GIFT! AND IT’S BEEN SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE BUT MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE WORSE OFF THAN ME AND PAIN ALLOWS ME TO KNOW I’M ALIVE!

SO I GIVE THANKS THIS DAY FOR THE INCREDIBLE BLESSINGS IN MY LIFE. AND YOU ARE ONE OF THEM!

MAY PEACE BE WITH YOU THIS DAY AND IN YOUR HEART ALWAYS…. NO MATTER WHAT IS KEEPING YOU FENCED IN.