I picked up some sort of stomach bug today and slowly it’s taken me out since lunch time. Seems like I actually got it from something last week, didn’t realise and then got it again today. Definitely not the ideal situation but it happens, it’s all part of the journey I guess.

This is by far not a significant illness and to put it in the same category as a detrimental disease or infection is not warranted at all. However, in the mindset of sickness, where you body is running low on energy, your feeling a bit sorry for yourself and struggling a little bit, it can help shed light on what’s important in your life. The ability to find a silver lining is always a positive and through all darkness there is always light to be found.

Reflection at a time of euphoria, achievement or success is easy, but finding reflection in times of defeat, disappear or just generally feeling low is a skill in itself and if you can control both sides of the fence you can find better balance throughout your emotional journey and subsequently find a much more stable form of happiness.

As I sit here and reflect on just feeling good this morning I find happiness in the fact that although I feel awful right now, that this will pass and I will recover just fine. I know this feeling and I know what it is. I’m reflecting on good health, good fortune, great family and happiness of my life. My 3 year old daughter lies next to me rubbing my head and my 5 year old son just made a plan for tea and TV to help as a family to cheer me up. These small gestures of support and comfort bring a great deal of happiness to me and in times of sickness highlight just how much the little things, that are actually smaller elements of much larger, more significant aspects of my life are so wonderful and bring so much happiness into my world.

Sometimes it takes a low to realise a high. Maybe that high might be so small that you take it for granted, that you may never get to truly see it. Times of loss, defeat or suffering can always present rays of sunshine, so always keep an eye out because who knows what might be hiding in the darkness. What magic is there waiting in the shadows, that has just never gotten a chance to shine, but has actually always been their to see.

I wish you all good health and good fortune,

Thanks,

Dean