Things Get Broken and That Can Be Good

Absolutely nobody I’ve ever known loves to go to see the doctor. In fact, we usually put up with pain until it becomes pretty unbearable, and only then do we begrudgingly drag ourself to visit that dreaded human being. And whether it is only a forty-eight-hour recovery by using an antibiotic the doc prescribes, or it turns into a long haul, it simply doesn’t matter. The next time we again feel ourself getting sick, we will put off that phone call as long as we can. 

I know, I know, no one wants to just give up and acknowledge their body has decided to leave the beaten path of pure health, that it has taken a sharp left turn and is now broken and spiralling downward. But look at it this way. Because we are the stubborn creatures that we are, it just may take everything falling apart in your life to make you actually get help you need.  

So, from that point of view, things falling apart can be a good thing. Because that’s when everything can begin falling back into place. You finally go to Urgent Care, or call for an appointment with the ‘dreaded human being.’ You submit yourself to an exam, take some tests, and voila, you find out why you have been feeling like your train has run off the tracks and is wallowing around in the desert somewhere.

But are you like so many of us? That when it happens to you, your reaction is always, “This stinks! Why is this happening to me?”

C’mon, honestly, do you really think that you are The Chosen One? That your gorgeous body is so wonderful that no disease or accident should be allowed to touch it? That God has designated you as His poster child for absolute health until the day you breathe your last breath and He whisks you off to paradise? 

No, of course not. If you are breathing, you know that is not the way life treats you. Fact; in this broken world, things break. And people hurt. And everyone needs help from someone else when we get broken. 

So, the best thing you can do is to simply acknowledge a few things. Life hurts humans. You are not super-human, so you are going to get hurt by life. And when that happens, you need someone to help you. People do not have ESP. That means you are going to have to pick up the phone, or confide in a friend, or yell down the street. But you are going to need to let someone help you. To let someone in. And that can be a definite good thing in your life.

Sickness and sadness. It’s going to happen to you. So best thing you can do is to change your perspective. That when things break in your life, decide to keep your eyes open for the eventual good that can result.