Each Day Is Different

Just after starting my blog in August, while working outside to replace my stairs and complete my upper porch, I had an interesting fall. I was at the top of a post notching out a part of it for a floor support when the post started moving. In my quick thinking I decided to jump off the ladder instead of going down head first. I did a 180 degree twist in the air and landed on only one foot. I knew when I hit the ground I had damaged my left leg and ankle. Instead of worrying about what I had done I got angry at myself for being stupid and lazy. Why? Well I had cemented the post in but did not give it extra supports before going up on it with a ladder. I was at the top, 16 feet in the air. Pounding on a chisel. Not up there once, nor twice, but there for the third time because I had to enlarge the area and make it perfect. One extra blow for perfection did it, the post slowly started to lean... So now I have been through several long waits for the repair of my leg and ankle. Waiting for the swelling to go down before surgery. Surgery was needed to insert a metal plate to add strength for both the lower leg and ankle. It has been a month and the cast was replaced with a walking boot. Now I have to wait 8 to 10 more weeks for the complete healing of the bones before placing any weight on my left foot. An interesting experience which like all accidents could have been prevented. Connecting the post to all the others would have been an easy 5 minute fix, but now it will end up 3 months instead of 5 minutes. This is like all things in life. Taking the time to do things right would be much less painful, much less time consuming, and in the end the fastest, and least painful route. But it is some times not the easiest one to see, visualize, when things like laziness, perfection, and self stand in the way. Having this experience has had its rewards though. I got to meet a doctor who cares about what he does. His interns describe him like an engineer when working on bones. Not building buildings, but reconstructing the human body. When talking with him he was not one who recognized his position and the need to let you know. But instead humble, always caring, and praising you instead. A true professional. Also meeting nurses and others who joke with you, care about your pain, and wanting to make your stay as comfortable as possible. Something that makes you feel there is still hope for humanity in a world so filled with hate, poverty, and violence. Bringing out the true meaning of love in the midst of a storm. So no matter the tunnel of life you are in, as dark as it may seem, there is always light at the other end. Hope, faith, love, and the most important one of these is of course is love. Bringing warmth from within us allows the chance for a seed to be planted in those who have lost their way. Providing water to a thirsty desert. For this world still has lots of nourishment, lots to give to others. Caring, giving, bringing a smile to despair, is the best anyone can do. Pouring living water onto the fire that has grown. Bring light to each day of your life. For you will find yourself feeling much better. Caring for another actually heals yourself in the end. Bruce