Wasp Sting

Do I write this, or don’t I bother…..OK I

’ve started!

After getting stung on the eye lid over the weekend it got me thinking…! How much in life do I take for granted. I certainly take my face for granted that’s for sure.

Thing is – it’s usually not until something goes wrong, that we stop to appreciate what we have and when you slow down and look at it. (Or move house). We realise how much we truly do have!

Moving forward from this and changing note slightly, but in relation to taking things for granted – sometimes it’s not until something big happens to us, be it painful lesson do we stop a re-assess things.

In many ways I feel I need to do this a lot more. I’m not saying that getting stung on the eyelid by a wasp is or was a good thing, however in some ways it really does feel like a mini blessing.

The obvious lesson that stuck out, was that I simply need to slow down a bit and appreciate what I have.

Finally and simply in terms of the ‘recovery’ from the wasp sting. Granted it wasn’t a major thing, however how my face blew up in the space of 12 hours and then subsided around 36 hours later genuinely fascinated me.

This takes me on a slight tangent however having worked with a chiropractor for year it was drummed into me again and again that our bodies have the innate ability to heal themselves.

With all the information/trust we have in doctors/the media these days I was sceptical about the chiropractic philosophy at first and can’t say that I really bought into it, however 4 years down the line post leaving the chiropractor all that has changed.

I do honestly believe the theory/philosopy to be true and thanks to chiropractic, especially a guy called Dr Joe James Tilley, I really do feel as though my life has changed a huge amount because of it.

One of the definitions of the chiropractic philosophy that struck a chord with me is that chiropractic:

"Connects man the physical with man the spiritual"

What I take from this, is that within us, we have a huge amount going on!

Fundamentally we have blood, organs, muscles, the nervous system, but then we also have an inner voice and as a result we are made up of so many things that it makes it almost impossible to put a finger on what goes on ‘within us’.

Be it a neurotransmitter being sent from the brain to a muscle, a nerve impulse, a heart beat, a pulpillary response, we have all these things going on in our body’s that are simply beyond our control.

Going full circle and back to the point that I made at the start – I think it’s very easy in life to take what you have for granted (especially our body’s), so rather than waiting for something to go wrong – be it a back problem or general ill health – if you have a moment in the next month or two – pop in and see your local chiropractor as they may well open your eyes to a whole new world as well as a giving you a completely different philosophy in terms of both health (and life).

I’m so grateful for being introduced to it purely by chance a few years ago, and although this blog is mainly to do with the wasp sting and the body’s innate ability to heal – really it is also to say thank you to Dr Joe James Tilley for introducing me to the world of chiropractic as since starting me on that journey my health has never been better and you're a huge reason behind that.

I’m sorry it took a sting in the eye by a wasp to appreciate my body and health as much as I do, however in the ridiculously fast paced world we now live in – sometimes that is what it takes.

#slowdown #chiropractic #thelonggame #energy #health