Surprising resillience

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When you are my age and you take a tumble it's scary. Fortunately, my old body is much more resilient than I thought it would be.

I had the phone up to my ear with one hand and various other things in my other hand, and I was walking.  Fatal combination!

My foot hit a footstool and threw me out of balance and down I went. The results were not pretty!  Fortunately all could be hidden underneath hair, clothing and makeup!  It made me think of those who abuse others and know just where to inflict the damage so that no one sees it! 

My pride was hurt more than the resulting black and blue toe, bruised and very swollen knee, bruise on the arm and forehead --all on the right side of my body. Thinking back, I cannot even imagine how I went down and wished for a video of the event! 

The knee was swollen for a day and that was it! My body, even as old as it is, bounced right back!

When I was around 10 years old my 50 year old mother took a tumble down some stairs.  Her bruises were much worse than mine because she tumbled a lot farther than I did!  We were thankful that she too bounced back fairly quickly and did not suffer any permanent damage! 

We seem to be surprisingly resilient in body.  Even though the corona virus has caused much suffering and even death, there are many more that have proven to be surprisingly resilient and physical health has returned.

I question if our soul and spirit will bounce back as easily or if at all. May we be surprisingly resilient in this area as well. 





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