In a slight change of pace on discussion, we've taken a short furlough on our blog.
Our last discussion was on life balance but in a "planned" sense. What I realized over the past week were the unplanned events that wreak havoc on the plan for life balance. The main unplanned event I uncovered is "sickness". Our health is something we often take for granted - assuming as long as we have fuel we'll have energy to keep up with life's demands. But what happens when you have the fuel, but your engine just isn't working at the capacity it should?
This is cause for pause in my own world. I tend to run at a rapid pace, if I could go on cruise control it would be at 65 miles per hour, accelerating above that as needed. This phenomena has been referred to as "busy-ness" or as I've heard also as a "Human Doing". When health issues occur, we have to stop doing and start being. The "pause" is our body's way of slowing down. It is during these times that we become human beings again.
Unfortunately (or fortunately), I wasn't the one who was sick this time. My husband came down with the flu and while he paused, I didn't. This caused some mis-communications and misfires as some of the plans we had couldn't be executed. In my "human doing" role, I didn't handle this well. I realized that to manage life balance is beyond our own life, it includes the lives of those closest to us.
Looking ahead, during this flu season with it's uncertainties about strain, mutation, and immunity - consider what you might need to pause if you or someone you know gets infected. From my experience, try to be an understanding "human being" and serve the needs of those around you. For it is in giving that we receive and in understanding that we are understood.
Here is a helpful link with information on Influenza versus a Common Cold.
http://www.flufacts.com/about/cold.aspx
May you be filled with good health and time for just plain being.
Questions to Ponder:
If you are caught up in "doing", what could you do today to "be" more?
What can you do to ensure your health is prepared to handle an infectious attack?
What can you do to help those around you handle an infectious attack?
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Loved your insight and I hope your husband had the opportunity to hear it and understand.
ReplyDeleteI think there is a linguistical explaination why our species is referred to as human beings (I just don't know it). Humans doing inherently aren't present, they're doing somthing in the present that is attempting to effect change in the future. Seems like a recipe for suffering doesn't it? Our society values the doer but true peace in my experience really resides in simply being. When I'm present there is nothing to do and there is ease in that. I think the trick is when we are doing, we are present to the doing and we label it as such and not attach ourselves to the outcome just give ourselves to the task. Then doing is conscious.