God long ago drew a circle in the sand exactly around the spot where you are standing right now.

 

It is a well known fact that I am a worrywart. This is not to say that I am a negative person, quite the contrary I am a very positive person, just with a tendency to worry sometimes. My Doctor (who is so much more than a Doctor) often tells me about the importance of learning to trust. Trust in the universe, trust in other people, trust in myself, trust that everything is exactly as it is supposed to be. It’s a very big, and extremely important life lesson. Especially for a worrywart!

This last week I have been caring for my husband after he had some rather serious eye surgery (a Pterygium removal and graft). It has been the perfect situation to put this trust lesson into practice. Trusting that the surgery would go to plan, trusting that his recovery would be swift and smooth, and trusting that he can handle the enormous pain that is unavoidable when such a sensitive part of the body has been operated on. And test it did.

I found the 4 hour wait while he was in surgery enormously uncomfortable.  I have spent the last week wishing that I had a magic wand to wave his pain away. And I flipped out (just a little bit) when it looked like there might possibly have been an infection starting on the edges of the graft (just for the record, so did he).

So what really did happen this last week? The surgery went beautifully, the specialist is very pleased with his progress, the “infection” turned out to be absolutely nothing to worry about and my brave Hubby has mostly slept off the pain with a bit of help from some drugs, acupuncture and the odd glass of wine.

So what is the moral of the story? Worrying never achieves anything! My very wise Doctor’s words are a universal truth, much the same as this week’s quote.

Everything, really is as it should be.

Wishing you all a positive and worry free week! J

P.S. – if you would like to know more about Pterygiums, and how not to end up with one, some information on prevention can be found here http://bit.ly/118dQ4R

 

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