Life Has a Mind of it’s Own

I’ve been enjoying a Friday at home and I have just finished watching the film The Soloist, it is an intriguing story of a very talented cello player who’s mental health led to him become homeless. The film was an interesting insight to the effects of mental health but it also had a really good tale of what expectations we have of each other and what we learn when those expectations are not met.

There are always lessons to be learned in life and often they come from our perceptions being different to the reality. Our minds can tell us we are experiencing things when in fact our inner voices are speaking the truth. As long as we continue to grow from the lessons then nothing is lost.

Yesterday I had a cataract removed from my eye – I got the cataract after a series of surgeries my eye had undergone for a detached retina two years ago. This was a fairly simple surgery, in fact the most commonly performed surgery for over 65year old people...the hardest part was not eating all morning because although it was a simple procedure, it still required anesthesia. After the previous surgeries, this one being easy was a great relief.

Now that the procedure is over, the countdown to get back to boot camp and back into training begins – 13 days . . .