I badly sprained my ankle on July 1st.
I went for my first real recovery walk today. Today is September 5th. What did I learn?
FALL DOWN, GO BOOM.
On the morning of July 1st, 2023, I went for a hike in the desert near my home in The Desert Southwest. To be clear, I did not want to go. My lady went on her morning hike, and I dragged myself along reluctantly. We got separated on the way back home and 3/4 of the way I fell.
My right ankle buckled under a rock that blended into the hiking trail. I went face first, down to the ground. Covered in sand like a wounded animal, I arrived home 30 minutes after my wife. My ankle had already started to swell like a balloon.
This wasn’t the first time I experienced something like this. These “accidents” always seemed to happen right before a period of significant personal change. I remember a period in 2002, when I was living in Santa Monica where I sprained both ankles - badly & separately in the span of 30 days.
God was talking to me, and apparently I wasn’t paying attention…
So he grounded me. I was bedridden for 3+ weeks. And in those weeks, I got what I now understand to be my first “download” from The Holy Father.
That was 21 years ago. When the new accident happened on July 1, I found myself asking the same question I asked 20+ years ago in Santa Monica.
”Why did this happen?”
The answers I got were exactly the same as they had been 20 years previous.
FOCUS
PAY ATTENTION
WATCH WHERE YOU’RE GOING
WHAT IS YOUR INTENTION?
SIT DOWN, BE QUIET, LISTEN
BIG THINGS ARE COMING
FIND BALANCE
Given what you know regarding The Current State of Reality, those seven bullet points are priceless advice. As we head into the Fall of 2023 (and apparently, the Fall of Everything Else), we know that nothing is going to get better.
It is going to get worse. There is no stopping The Great Fall.
The only things that feel appropriate right now are self-improvement & the improvement of your family, finances & home. Improving yourself improves your family, finances & home, by the way.
When you get better, everything else does too.
SO WHAT DID I LEARN?
As a healer, I am not taking enough care of myself.
That must change.
I must work harder on my balance, apparently.
I’m returning to a yoga practice here at home. Yoga is not witchcraft, by the way. Yes, someone told me that once. It’s just stretching and holding poses to gain balance & strength. You can actually talk to GOD & pray while doing it, if you like.
I do not want to become one of those old folks who appear unsteady on a windy day.
If you look up the “spiritual” meaning of weak ankles, it speaks to a lack of flexibility. This has me asking myself where I am being inflexible in both my life and my coaching practice? Where am I narrow-minded in my thinking - again, about myself & my practice?
Am I not thinking big enough? Am I not open to the possibilities of an Infinite Universe & GOD?
Lastly, I just turned 50-something. It takes much longer to recover from injuries now than 20 years ago. Trust me when I say aging should be a motivating factor for making changes, for all of us.
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yes, our OWN thoughts and emotions control our life. Great observation to ask oneself "how did this happen? " Many lessons to be learned here. Once one discovers what thoughts and emotions created their situation, healing occurs real fast. Heal fast and thanks for the reminders for us!
Stay strong Coach! You know you are. A moment's inattention doesn't change that. Take care! We'll meet on the flip side.