Suddenly having a disability is quite an experience, quite an adventure. Goethe said something to the effect "I have learned much in illness that I never would have learned in good health."
So misery has virtue. Still, we avoid it. Suddenly having a new disability is a different experience than being born with one. It requires a great deal of adjustment. Ask any high school football player on crutches.
After six months of painful walking due to a strained hamstring, I feel I know more about disabilities.
What walking do I have to do today? How can I cut down on it? Drink less water, so I won't have to get up and walk to the bathroom quite as often. Don't move without thinking about it, slowly, slowly.
I wish everyone a pain free joy filled life. But should I do that? Is complete freedom from pain good?
If one's acquired disability is not permanent, there is hope. If it is permanent, there is adjustment. There has to be. What we do with our disabilities, temorary and permanent, acquired or congenital, perhaps, says a lot about us, about who we are as people of character.
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