For pretty much my entire life, I’ve been fortunate never to suffer any significant injury or have any severe health challenges. Except for a few bouts of COVID, I have rarely been sick if at all over the past few years. Then at the start of October, I caught some type of lingering virus and cold that lasted a few weeks. And right as I was finally recovering and feeling back to myself again, I caught a rough stomach virus that totally debilitated me for several days.
Since, I’ve been thinking about a quote I heard (or read?) somewhere:
“Health is a crown the healthy wear but only the sick can see.”
It really hit home. I hate being sick. It sucks not feeling able to do the things you want to do. And yet it’s so hard not to take feeling healthy for granted, because feeling healthy consumes zero mental energy. I am finally feeling healthy again and trying to remind myself to be grateful for it.