As I recover from my knee operation, a minor glitch in the story of my life, I wonder what lessons it was that spirit thought I could learn from this. One that screams out at me initially is more concentrated reading and research in the health and healing modalities and healing foods. More than that though it is about sharing and using this gift with others.

I have a whole collection of books about different types of healing. Books on Reiki and energy healing. Books on Chakras, crystals, essential oils and energy fields. I have books on herbs and other foods that help our bodies heal. I have read them all, at least once. I have written pages and pages of how to start practising the skills, what I need to do, what steps I need to take. I have made a start, on and off with some of the practises.  Practically a lot of the establishment as an ongoing way of life cannot be achieved until I have a home of my own, but in the meantime there are things I can still do. If I am creative there are ways to practise, proof of concept.

I intuitively knew there was something wrong with my leg for years. I kept going to doctors who dismissed my worries. I did intermittently focus healing on my leg, but not a truly focused effort. As soon as the doctors diagnosed a tumour, cancerous or not I focused healing on the tumour, on the bone it was on and on my leg. I started adding turmeric, ginger and apple cider vinegar to my morning fruit smoothie. Although the doctors kept referring to the operation as a major operation, as far as I was concerned it is only a minor glitch in my life’s story. In preparation for the operation, telling everyone at home that was exactly my approach. Nothing to worry about, nothing major. I will be away for just over a week, they will take out the yucky part, give me a new knee and I will be back, at home to rest for a few weeks and back to work.

After the operation I was confined to bed. When the dressing was changed on day two, the doctors and nursing staff were impressed by how quickly the skin graft site and the two strips of stitches were healing. I felt nearly no pain the whole time. Yes the nursing staff had strict medicine routine that assisted with that, but I wasn’t in the pain that other patients were, when they requested additional mediation. When it was time to get up and walk, again no additional pain. The second check on the skin graft site and stitches the doctors were just as impressed with the healing. I was allowed to get up and walk, with help. Everyone commented how well I picked up the ‘walking’ and that I still had no increased level of pain. The nurses and other staff commented on my positive attitude. To me, I didn’t do anything surprising or special. I just did what I always try to do. Be positive, have a positive attitude and spread that attitude to others. Focus and concentrate on what I want to achieve.

It may be a few more months before I will have my own place, but I have approximately six weeks off, while my bionic leg heals. All the muscles, tendons, skin, etc have to knit and mend and grow. What a perfect time to step up and make a serious go of this. Set up everything the way I want it to be, as much as I can where I am. I have plans drawn up, lists written for how I want it to be. Instead of focusing on all the reasons why I can’t do it where I am, the challenge is to prove myself wrong and start. So I focus and concentrate on healing, and set up the healing modalities, study and learn and practice. If that is why I had to have a ‘forced’ break, this minor glitch, then ok, either way I am making the best of it.