It's Morning

This is my reflection on the time in which I found my purpose for life. This would prove to be the incident that changed my life as I knew it. Also, I have often heard and read that human life is filled with conflict, designed so that we face various circumstances to learn life lessons that advance our understanding and consciousness. In every situation there is a teachable moment. Our charge is to extract as much value, benefit and knowledge from every experience as we can. Each juncture, no matter the length of time, no matter how insignificant it may appear, provides us with an opportunity to learn something or to make a positive action, if we are present in the moment, paying attention and open for learning.
This incident which I would like to narrate has helped me to remain optimistic on my journey through life. “It is morning”; I know this because of the unbroken stream of light, flowing through the partially open blinds on my swollen eye lids as I sat on my unmade bed. I glanced over at the clothes on the floor, “I wore those yesterday” I thought shaking my head. Then I looked at the laundry folded in a basket waiting to be put away. It was early morning; but, I didn’t hear my children stirring around; why not? And why does the room smell like Iodine? Humph! I thought as I stretched and stood up saying, the clothes are not going to put themselves away. YeOW! The pain hit me like a shot in the dark; I crumbled under the power of the throbbing pain and fell back on to the bed. Then I remembered why I had pain, why I didn’t hear my children and why I was in a tissue piled bed with swollen eyes: I was incapacitated with an enormous inflated foot.
I remembered the bookcase falling on me and injuring my right side as it slid...

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...a time in my life, when I thought, all I have is Christ and that was all I needed. Well, as it turns out, I needed a few more people with Christ’ and Christ required me to do some work too. The Counselor wasn’t a religious person however she breathed new life into me. The Doctor was a religious person; however it was his skills and confidence that was used in the surgery. Because of this experience I changed my profession; I am attending college to train to be a Counselor. I identify that God transported me through this with the benefit of Medical Professionals.
My life changing experience let me know that if I can help others find something in their life that they can have some contribution in, or make decisions on or have control over, when they feel a similar manner as I did, this would accomplish my entire purpose for going through all that pain in the injury.