Why Be Still?

I had a bout with stomach trouble for several days that left me weak and unable to do anything productive. I realized that I could not nurse myself back to health as I am used to doing whenever I am afflicted with such commonplace malaise. And that is because I am not allowed to drink any medicine without the express approval of my doctor. After having gone back to my normal active (rather super active) lifestyle, I am again reminded that life indeed is frail, and my moments may be fleeting...just one mistake of taking the wrong medicine might trigger the onset of SJS once again, and this time it could be fatal. So I had to endure the pain of not being able to be my usual busy self.

But being forced to slow down, I have come to realize, is also a gift. Why? Because it brings my inner self to be in a state of stillness and peace. Nothing happens if I can't move about. The whole world still continues to spin as it used to. No one will miss me if I am absent for a bit. Unlike when I am bustling with activity, feeling productive and useful, I unknowingly miss the world around me, the little things that do bring joy, the small miracles around me wrapped in the most ordinary events, the stuff going on inside of me where there is a whole new world not everyone shares, but only the Eternal God who lives in me. I suddenly realized: Wow, I have been missing a lot...