This is the way life works

I rarely get sick, and as sick as I have been for almost a week is so rare, I really have no choice but to listen to my body when it tells me I cannot move and need help.  I stay present, wake up in the morning and evaluate, and today it was not so good and a little better.  I feel like my cough is more productive, but my head is still spinning, and I feel weak.

Besides all the holiday and birthday musts that have been happening last week, my brain is always refocusing on how to stay positive, even though I am not happy about missing work and not being able to enjoy all the good things in life, because I literally cannot function.

So it got me thinking about how we want life to be and how life is.  Last week was not good for me physically, but in every other way it was amazing, my kids had a wonderful time and my birthday girl felt special.  A friend of mine asked if I could help pick up her son from school, and after helping her I asked for help deciding how to plan my almost three year old's birthday, and the answers came pouring in.  When we are genuine, when we are open, when we give without wanting anything in return, then things will come our way exactly when we need them as well.  I am blessed to be around like minded people, pure hearted, giving, real, but most of all honest, its such a blessing.  My point is if someone helps you, just say thank you, people feel good when they are able to help, it is enough, nothing more has to be done.  Of course every situation is different, but I really believe that if you do something to help someone, one day when you need help, someone else will help you.

Many times people feel very powerful because they have amazing health and a great body, or tons of wealth.  Nobody is invincible, economy takes a downturn, a flu season can hit super hard out of nowhere even if you are the healthiest person in the world.  Such is life, things get thrown at us all the time, and the good news is that change is inevitable, growth is essential, and dealing with our own ego and how to move forward is the healthiest approach to setbacks of any kind.

The movie Imitation Game had so many powerful themes, so many life lessons, and a shocking view into how history can be changed in an instant.  It was about World War II, Germany had the most sophisticated piece of equipment for communication, and they believed they were the best and unbeatable.  What is interesting to me is that dictators, terrorists, extremists, or anybody else that thinks that their way is the only way, prey on the weak first, and when the world does not care, does not react, then they get bolder and plan to take over the world.  Sounds eerily similar to what is happening with Militant Islam groups in Africa and the Middle East, and Obama refuses to acknowledge it, although the rest of the world stood together in France after the Charlie Hebdo attacks.

When you feel you have all the power, there is someone smarter than you, and in the Imitation Game, Alan Turing created a machine to beat the German machine, which later evolved into the computer that I am writing on right now.  He was Gay and in those times in England it was Illegal, he was subjected to hormones in lieu of going to jail. Whatever your stance on gay rights, it is not OK to ruin a persons life by altering them with medications, makes me think of the Jews in the Holocaust subjected to Dr Mengele's experiments, since they were thought of as subhuman.

So let me end this on a positive note, when you get down whether physically, emotionally, intellectually, or spiritually, the next wave is up.

Finally house is quiet,
Going to take a nap,
Coach Yulia

This was a heavy post, thought I would lighten it up with a picture that exactly captures the light of my Matisyahu