Privilege right now

reflections

I intended to write something pithy or cosmic today but working with a single hand, after 10 days, is wearying me more than I might have expected. Instead, I will comment on two reflections I ponder all of the time as I prepare for surgery to repair my arms.

The greatest privilege we have is our health. Two working hands, ten functioning fingers, the strength to open a door, and so on are the bedrock of our lives yet we forget too often to appreciate that.

It’s an incontrovertible fact. It’s also a different approach to seeing actions and consequences. It behooves us not to squander the health we have as it can disappear in a flash, to state the obvious.

I also reflect on the kindness and caring of others, an obvious privilege in ways we don’t consider. Whether it’s someone getting bread from the bakery, bringing flowers to the door, sending a note about being gentle, or saying “hey, if typing is getting too hard, we could talk” even before I grasped how tiring it was becoming to catch up by text, all of this matters right now. Thank you everyone for being so supportive as it matters more than they know, regardless where they are.

I will be back to writing more traditional Actions Create Consequences soon.

Be well and be safe