You Know What?

By Scott Coulter
You know what? I don't like diabetes. I was going to write about perspectives today — about the meaning of individual suffering and the greater good, about attachment and our ability to rise above it, and so on. I've been on a very philosophic kick lately. A lot has been changing in my vocational life, most of it very much for the better, and I've been inferring all kinds of things about what it must "mean" — in other words, trying to interpret these events to understand what it is the "universe" or God wants me to do. And that's all well and good. I often relate to diabetes in this way.
I have a long history of searching for the good in having diabetes, pointing out the gifts that accompany it, the lessons I've learned from it. And I've shared those on these pages fairly frequently. It's how I tend to cope with things, and on the whole it's not a terrible approach. But there's a downside to it. The downside is that I often forget, or perhaps even trample underfoot, feelings of anger; feelings of discontent; feelings of being… Well, being PISSED OFF!
Now, living with diabetes is a varied thing — some are lucky and run into few complications, others have very brittle diabetes and struggle constantly. There is no set course for this disease to take. It affects all of us differently, and our individual bodies, chemical makeups, habits, feelings and instincts impact the course diabetes will take in very direct ways. But I can guarantee tha...

Source: Diabetes Self-Management - August 8, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Scott Coulter Source Type: blogs