So Friday morning routines are seemingly
a problem for me in 2016. Well actually Thursday nights and falling asleep to
be precise!!! Anybody have recommendations for natural remedy solutions?
Before I start let me clarify that there is nothing wrong
with my health but a story I read made me think…
What if you were told you had a curable disease but there
were no available facilities to treat you in the time frame you required, so you
are likely to pass on before you could get the medical attention you needed?
How would you process that information?
Getting the news that you have a life-threatening disease
would be traumatic in itself but at least you have the consolation that, with
treatment, you will make it through. Having that lifeline (literally) dangling
in front of you but just out of reach must be the ultimate level of frustration
imaginable. Imagine if this was you or one of your family members. How helpless
you must feel! The account that I read about, was written from the perspective
of a daughter whose mother was diagnosed with stage 2 cancer. Her mother was able
to be allocated a treatment position but a fellow patient was not so fortunate
and required a specialised machine for her treatment. Because of the volumes of
patients requiring the same treatment from the single available machine, the
first appointment was more than a year away which would more than likely be too
late for her. The doctors commented that they have to deliver this same news to
patients every day.
I could, in some manner, understand this situation if we
lived in a primitive country where access to technology was limited and the
level of governmental wealth was a real problem. Even in those situations
external aid can be engaged to supplement short-falls where human life is in
jeopardy. This is not the case in South Africa. We have some of the best
technical facilities available and our government certainly has resources
available to use (unfortunately in misallocated ways though). This is a tragic
situation and requires immediate response. I don’t have a solution but would definitely
sign up for any action to find a remedy for the problem. (Any ideas would be
welcome.)
I am fortunate enough to be alive and healthy. I have so
much to be grateful for and thank God every day for the breath in my lungs. I
do grumble (a lot) but I am truly thankful for what I have. I often sit back and just smile when watching
my family and what we have together.
Don’t let your grumbling overshadow your gratitude!
Take stock in the moment, right now even, of 3 things you
are grateful for. It is actually really easy to think of more, the difficulty
is to stop what you are busy with and do it. I’m going to try this every day
and will try to think of 3 new things every day.
1.
I am alive & healthy.
2.
I have an awesome family.
3.
It is Friday :)
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