In Sickness and In Health Your Sanity Must Prevail

One thing we do not always remember is how uncertain life is. When one falls ill, they tend to realise how dear their body - their health really is and in most cases, it is quite a revelation that the sickness brings with it an epiphany that is called introspection, otherwise called the simple inner observation of oneself. It is at times like illness and despair that human minds tend to revel but bitterly in the truth that nothing, not even happiness brings us closer to the truth that life is but a meaningless shard of glass when left broken that can only take a useful form when tempered by the right circumstances and illnesses are some of those circumstances. One may reconsider the priorities of the choices they have made if favourable instances occur while one may be pushed to a fathomless gorge of self-repent due to uncertainty if all doesn't go well. Sickness does more to one's body and mind than anything ever could. They make you realise all the love, all the time that you used up doing things you've considered important when, in fact, they made a minimal impact in your life by quenching your mind's thirst, desire to do what you very much please. Sicknesses, illnesses seem to guide you to the rough waves of the calm ocean that is life. Your health, your wellbeing, your family all depend on you and you depend on your body -  your temple and your mind - your God.


It's funny how the times I fall sick, which seem to be once every two years at least, I seem to refresh my mind's folder of "Get your sh*t together" but it's not surprising. It is thoroughly amusing, so amusing that I find myself writing about it here and in a weird, archaic Shakespearean sort of ( okay not exactly Shakespearean ) verbatim and I haven't even been watching The School Of Life as much as I used to three years ago. Point to note is people fall sick, realise the importance of what they consider truly important, act on it, days pass and the purpose to act loses its allure and the action loses its strength. The cycle repeats. That is all this is. One big happy cycle. We are the tiny dots of carbon making up this cycle.


Lightly shaken by this week's events. ( Kidney stones/ Renal calculi)