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When Life Slows You Down
…and gives you a purpose
It’s been two months since sustaining my ligament injury and meniscus tear of my right knee.
A few days ago, I decided to wean myself from the walking stick. At some point, I have to rebuild my self-confidence to resume my daily functions again sans the support.
I replaced the leg brace with my leg sleeve and tried the stairs without the walking stick for the first time. Though it is not perfectly stable, I believe in waking up my muscles and ligaments again to do their job.
Our body has immense propensity to recover because life is an unknown.
The longer one stays supported especially if there is no more major pain, one will become dependent on the crutch. Crutch mentality is real thing and I had it for a long time with my scripts.
Albert Einstein famously said, “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle”.
I like his philosophical approach because I see my injury as a miracle as it had opened up a whole new perspective for me.
I slowed down during this period.
Not being on the move all the time enlightens me in the following ways;
