I think it’s safe to say that all of you reading this live a
blessed life. No matter how hard the rain falls during a spell of bad luck, we
will always be way ahead of the vast majority who truly has nothing. And yet
you will often find these destitute people to be the most content, as they
don’t rely on earthly treasures to find joy.
“My husband is such a blessing to me”, a patient of mine has
said to me during every one of her appointments, without fail. It may seem
contradictory for her husband to be a blessing, but instead a burden. With this
being their second marriages, this couple has been married a little over ten
years and since before they even met the man is wheelchair bound and plagued
with a myriad of health problems. When the wife is not working to earn any
extra penny she can to provide for her husbands costly, dependant life, she is
home caring for him, helping him in and out of his wheelchair all while too
often injuring herself in the process, which is what led her to me. You might
be thinking, how can this husband be a blessing? She explains it and the truth
is easily believable by the expression on her face, “it doesn’t matter how bad
of a day at work I have had, how painful my neck and shoulders feel, or if I
come home to find my husband having made a mess on himself that I have to clean
up,” she tells me, “what makes it all worth it is sitting down with him in the
evening, laughing with him, and enjoying his company. He renews my spirit and
is such a blessing to me.” That is what it’s all about. This is something money
can’t buy and something you can’t force, but are simply blessed to be able to
have it, if you are so fortunate.
Blessings come in many forms. Sometimes the most profound
blessings come in the simplest ways when we are going through a particularly
rough time in our life. When it rains, it pours right? I know that during the
toughest parts of my life, when one thing bad continues after another; I have
been reminded of what an awesome support system I have through family, friends,
and even patients. People who are there for you when you are at your worst.
People who hold you accountable for your beliefs, not because they necessarily
believe them, but because they know you believe them and are willing to put
themselves in an uncomfortable, confrontational situation because they love
you. People who listen to your unsolvable problems day after day and simply
say, “I’m sorry” because there truly is no advice to give. We’ve all been
there; we all know how tiring it is to hear a friend’s avalanche of problems
that don’t seem to end. People who love your faults just as much as your good
qualities and talents. I am truly blessed and thankful to have these people in
my life. Make sure you don’t take for granted, or even miss out on, your blessings.
