My rendition of a virus
It's not hard to forget that as a human I am vulnerable. When I'm physically fit I rarely get sick. Emotionally I live in a lead cocoon that keeps my inter being safe and sound. I always thought of myself as immune to everything and anything emotionally. I felt immune to hate and suffering and pain and loss and most of to all people, but I'm not. I'm human. I contemplated this, as I lay in bed with a 103 degree temperature and Viral gastroenteritis (the stomach flu). By the morning though tired and very hungry from the radging fever,(with the aid of acetaminophen and some of my good friend Anna's holistic tea) I was almost completely better. My immune system is something I will never take for granted. It is something hard earned from childhood sicknesses. To build a resistance to an infection the immune system has to fight it off and learn the infections nasty tricks. It has to gain knowledge and grow. But I have realized my emotional "immune system" is very inexperienced. Living in a lead cocoon didn't mean I was immune to emotional injury. I was merely treating my emotions like a germaphobe treats their health, avoiding injury instead of embracing it and burning it a way with a fever of optimism.
Click read more for some brief information about the immune system.
