Holistic Healing and Gratitude

Maintaining an attitude of gratitude is very important for me to continue to be functional and, so far, within this physically difficult life, I have always been able to find things to be grateful for, Yesterday I was looking over some of my writings about learning to relax my jaw a bit over a decade ago.  I had forgotten how difficult that process was and I had two doctors to tell me that it was not possible.  As it was, it took me deep focus, meditation, six months of using Botox and several months to accomplish.  During that process I was grateful I could do it at all and I am still not sure where the ability came from.  Yesterday, when I read that, I felt grateful that my jaw was relaxed most of the time now and that I had learned to coordinate my jaw activities, though I am not done with that part yet since eating and speaking are still a challenge.

Change

Everything keeps changing and I cannot say that I am totally comfortable with that, though I can watch the river of life flow around me and allow myself to flow with it, ever reminding myself that it’s best not to hold on or attach to anything.  Being with, supporting and connecting with my mother-in-law is a good example.  She was recovering nicely from a recent fall and then fell again.  My tendency was to think that falling again and going to the hospital was a blip in her recovery.  However when she went to the hospital they found she had a very low and unstable heart rate, necessitating the surgical implantation of a pacemaker.  That discovery will improve her health and recovery.  There is a river flowing now very fast.  It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid.  They will try to hold onto the shore.  They will feel they are being torn apart, and they will suffer greatly.  Know the river has its destination.  (Hopi prophesy)