It’s Time for Renewal? I Don’t Think I Can Do it Again

Spring has sprung; the bulbs are popping out of the soggy ground, peeking out of snowy mounds in some parts of the country and the cat’s got that certain look in her eye. The poet’s tell us in spring a young man’s fancy turns to love. Since I’m neither young nor male, I can’t really verify that. I do know this is the time for renewal for all of nature when that process fulfills a cycle of new birth. Bears are coming out of hibernation, perhaps stretching and yawning. Young chicks and ducklings are breaking through white and speckled shells, pecking their way into a world which will astound them and we humans are waiting for more rays to warm our fatigued selves immersing from a winter we thought had no end.

We want spring as we want healing life but deep within we wonder if we have another effort left in us. Where do we find the strength to follow this cycle again? We know the process as it has cycled around so many times, annually dependable and usually, welcome. We are tired, worn, chilled and wondering where the next day will provide the strength we need. We don’t expect to leap tall buildings, capture fame nor fortune because our expectations have become more basic.
Have we grown accustomed to expecting less as we settle for desiring the basics of life like the next breath, a day or even one hour without pain and just enough courage for half a day of domestic life as it calls to us? Oh dear, the sun is shining and each ray uncovers a dust ball, a spiders we...

Source: Life with Chronic Pain - March 28, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Sue Falkner-Wood Tags: Pain Management fatigue seasons Spring Source Type: blogs