I totally pride myself on my health. I love telling people that it’s been “xx” this many years since I’ve been sick. I have felt especially immune, cutting out sugar, so I figured that as long as I was sugar-free, my immune system would have superpowers strong enough to keep me from all harm.
Yesterday I had one of the worst fevers I’ve ever had. My body ached. My throat just burned. But that was all. No other symptoms, so I’m doubtful it was the swine flu, which seems to include nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. However, whatever it was really threw me for a loop. I took a naturopathic approach to my symptoms and let my body have its fever. I needed it to kill the virus that attacked me. I used to pop pills immediately upon feeling yucky, but now I know the importance of our body giving us a fever. It is to help us! If we treat that “symptom” we are only prolonging the flu/virus.
So, today was about recovery. It took a lot out of me to withstand the aches and pains and chills of a high temperature yesterday. My plan was to stay home all day and rest today. Then this morning I ran out of toilet paper.
Do I:
a. Take some from the public facilities in our building?
b. Hold it all day until husband can pick it up on his way home?
c. Go out and get t.p. myself?
I went out. I knew it would be refreshing to get outside today. But on the way to the grocery store I was hit head-on by a woman in her brand new 4×4 pick-up. She pulled out of a store parking lot from behind a parked truck and couldn’t see me. I slammed on my brakes but still slammed into her. We pulled over and I had to wait for an officer to arrive who spoke Spanish. Unfortunately my 3+ years learning/practicing Spanish did not amount to much in this situation. It was funny, though. I told the officer that it was my brother’s car I was driving and that my brother is currently in Guatamala studying Spanish. It was ironic.
Ironic and humbling, which is why I share this recipe with you.
Humble Pie
1 part being humble
1 part keeping my mouth shut
2 parts being sensitive to others
Practice this daily for best results!
