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Insights into Illness and Injury

Insights into Illness and Injury by Lisa Hutchison | #AspireMag

Our bodies speak to us and we can learn a great deal about health and wellness, if we are willing to listen.  Illness and injury have not only a physical component but also a spiritual and emotional one as well.  We are not victims of what happens to us.  Yet we often use language that paints that type of picture.  We say, “I caught the flu,” “I have come down with a cold,” “I have taken a fall.”   

When illness or injury presents themselves in your life, a part of you is calling out wanting to grow stronger spiritually, emotionally or physically.

As Eckhart Tolle states, “Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.”

What is Your Body Telling You?

Only you will know the specific answer to this question.  For myself, I have needed to slow down, rest, give myself more emotional support and allow God to support me.  What I do know for sure is that illness and injury are not punishments, even though it feels that way when we are in the midst of experiencing them.  When we suffer, it is natural to ask, “why me?”  We are attempting to surrender and let go, which is part of the healing process.  We need to move beyond that at some point.

I strongly believe that for some of us, God has chosen to use our body as a way to grow our soul.  Illness and injury are signs that tell you that something is now out of balance in your life.  Your fast paced lifestyle may have worked for years, now your soul is calling you to do something different.  This may be your call to make some changes and grow in new directions.

The best way to get to your own specific answer is to do activities that will allow you to listen to your inner voice.  Meditation is an excellent tool to tune into your higher self and receive messages that you need to hear.  Take 5-10 minutes in silence, following your breath.  When you are still and silent within place your hand on your heart or the afflicted body area and ask, “What messages do you have for me?”  Listen to whatever you are told.  This is your starting point.

Another method is to write.  Write a letter to your illness or injury.  Tell it how you feel about it and then ask what is it trying to teach you?  Write down whatever comes to your mind, don’t analyze it and follow your intuition.

Honoring Your Need to Rest

An injury or illness forces us to stop.  When the body is out of sync it needs 100% attention on itself in order to restore wellness.  Hopefully we heed that call.  When we attempt to be a caretaker for others or do work in these initial stages of illness and injury, we scatter our energies and weaken our life force.  It actually prolongs our condition or creates a chronic condition.

Delegate your responsibilities temporarily until you are well again.  There are others who can take care of the daily business and even our family if we let them.  I know what you are going to say, “I can’t take a break, they need me.”  Yes they do, you need yourself too.  If you don’t take care of you, you won’t be able to take care of others.  Rest is what will get us well, especially in the form of sleep.  Our mind and body does its best healing work when we let go and let God intervene for our behalf.

Receive Support from Others

In order to rest, we need to ask for help and support from other people.  This may mean delegating tasks, getting a babysitter, having someone do the food shopping or cooking for you.  When help is offered, accept it.  Not only stay open to physical help, but also emotional help.  I had the experience of the flu recently and a re-injury of my back in the same month.  I felt blessed by the amount of people offering me well wishes, prayers and support.  I am more comfortable being the one who is giving Reiki healings and prayers to others.  I have learned to become the grateful receiver.  Be open to it all, take it in and allow it to nourish your body and soul.

Appreciating the Gift of Health

There is a saying, “You don’t know what you have until it is gone.”  Some would say this is because the person becomes unappreciative taking their good health for granted.  I look at it differently.  Good health is part of the natural abundance of this world.  It is a given state.  When we are living and not thinking of our good health, it is a sign that we are living in the present moment.  If it isn’t talking or screaming at us, we don’t notice it.  If we are lucky enough to return to wellness after illness and injury we can comprehend how much of a gift good health is.

There comes a certain grace and gratefulness that can only be experienced through loss.  Those who have experienced illness and injury and have grown from it can offer the deepest, purest sense of compassion that others cannot attain.  They become the wounded healer, helping others along the path to healing and growth.

A Journey towards Wholeness

Illness and injury appear as if they are taking us away from our true selves.  They call for us to surrender and let go of the old self we have been living to experience something greater.   It is an opportunity to re-connect on a deeper level and heal parts of ourselves that have been ignored and long for expression and validation.  The time has come.  Smile through the pain and the discomfort knowing that this is for a greater good, the good of your Soul.  Although it is difficult to keep a positive mindset during illness and injury, it will help lead you to wellness.  Keep an open mind, an open heart and be well.

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About the author 

Lisa Hutchison

Lisa Hutchison is a licensed psychotherapist, working for empathic healers who get drained after helping others refill and recharge their energy. As a writing coach, Lisa works with writers who want to get their message heard and increase their visibility. Lisa's writing is published in 2 Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Visit her website at www.LisaHutchison.net

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  • Chara Armon says:

    Lisa, this is such an important topic. With the mind/body split that is common in our culture, we too often view illness as simply a mechanical physical problem. I believe you are absolutely correct to guide us in looking deeper at emotional and spiritual aspects. We all have much to learn about adopting a holistic perspective on our physical wellness.

    • Lisa Hutchison says:

      Thanks Chara for your comment!

  • Lisa Hutchison says:

    Thanks Chara for your comment!

  • kimberly duboise says:

    Hi! I love this topic. I truly believe in mind-body connection and I love your post. It is so full of wisdom and grace. Thank you so much for posting. This is a needed message!

  • TheBacaJourney says:

    Lisa–I love what you are saying here, especially about how illness and injury is a call to surrender to something greater. I wrote a post awhile back after I had fallen 3 different times. The messages were so important to me!

    • Lisa Hutchison says:

      Thank you! This article was written four months before my decision to leave my traditional counseling job to focus on my own spiritual business full time.

      • TheBacaJourney says:

        We have a similar path! I, too, left my psychotherapy practice (with some additional twists and turns after that) for a bigger picture.

        • Lisa Hutchison says:

          Wow, it is a small world!

  • Hi Lisa, Enjoyed your post. Thanks for the reminders to listen to and trust in our body’s wisdom, to reach out and readily accept support from others, to nurture ourselves and to view illness and injury as gifts along our life’s journey. Pam

  • Andrea Patten says:

    I’m trying to learn to listen a bit sooner in the process…. and agree that it is sometimes through loss that we come to a deeper state of gratitude. Thanks for a lovely post.

    • Lisa Hutchison says:

      Thanks Andrea, I am always in the learning process. Some times I do better than others. It is times like these that have helped me grow and become better as a person.

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