Bringing Back
Dear Patient,
On the last day of 2021 I was talking with a patient who’d had a challenging year: job changes, death of loved ones, relationship struggles, and devastating health diagnoses.
As we talked I thought about everything she’d been through, and the fear and worry and sadness and uncertainty that seemed to be her constant companions. And then she said this—
“But it’s brought me back to my spirituality.”
And that’s really the point, isn’t it?
The setbacks, the disappointments, the curveballs—they can do more than just make life harder. Adversity can also bring us back to something. Maybe it’s spirituality, maybe it’s a relationship, maybe it’s something we thought we’d lost forever.
Life isn’t all about plowing ahead and moving on. Sometimes the hardships propel us forward, and sometimes they bring us back.
Love and gratitude,
Your Acupuncturist