(20100120.003) SOME LITTLE BUG . . .

SOME LITTLE BUG . . .

I dare say, this topic is not on my topic list. I should note that my topic list keeps growing, and that is a good thing, but I’ve a long ways to go before I get 52 topics. The thought of which is a bit overwhelming. But, if you have any suggestions, please pass them on to me. It will help. Oh well, I digress. This week started with my 46th birthday. Which is both a good thing and a bad thing. The good of it is that I love birthdays. I love celebrating with friends and family and I love having a reason to celebrate. The bad is that for some reason: stress, lack of sleep, medication, immune system flux, food issues, whatever, my mouth decided to breakout in canker sores. It began on Saturday, but Sunday, my birthday, was the day I really felt it kick in. Here it is Tuesday (it will be Wednesday when I get this posted) and I am still struggling with the damn things. For most people when they get canker sores in their mouth it is usually one or two. But for me, I get them all over my mouth. OK, I admit I am a wimp when it comes to health issues, and I am over exaggerating a little. But I have a cluster of three sores under my tongue on the left side, a cluster of two on my lower lip - left side, a cluster of three on my lower lip - right side, a cluster of four on my upper lip-right side, and one on top of my tongue - left side. Honestly, am I the only strange human that gets these breakouts like this? By the way, if you, the reader, are interested, here is a link that you can find out more info on this.: http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/guide/canker-sores . Contrary to what everyone else may say, they are NOT related to Cold Sores. At any rate, They are frustrating and, for me, tend to be the cause of a lot of stress, rather than the result of it.

So, continuing on, I have been battling canker sores, stress over money (who isn’t these days?) Work, lack of sleep (while everyone else is telling me I am getting too much) and depression, as is always the case. Did I have a good birthday? Yes! IT would have been better if I didn’t have to deal with this damn sores, which is the whole point of this blog today. There is a poem/song from the early 1920's entitled “SOME LITTLE BUG” and the full text can be found at: http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiSOMEBUG.html . But the point that I want to make is how amazing it is that something so small can affect us. Something that is actually unknown can change the way we live, change the way we feel, and change the way we live our lives. Of course, this is nothing new, but it is still very profound. Carrying this to another level, how many times have we been experiencing a good day when something happens, someone swears at us or criticizes us, someone condemns or demeans us and our lives go down hill from there. We struggle, we stress, and we get psychological canker-sores, as it were. They are sores within our thoughts and our lives and we must deal with them. They will eventually pass, but, for the moment, they are real and painful and troubling - effecting the very way we live our lives.

Of course, the other side of the coin also shows its shiny side and begs the questions, “How many times have we given “psychological canker-sores” to others? It may seem innocuous, but there are times when we react to someone, yell at someone, strike out at an issue or circumstance, and we may have started this painful sore to form within our fellow humans. If there was ever a reality of karma, this is it. There is a reason why Jesus said, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Because, it isn’t about what they are doing to you that matters, it is what you are doing to them that affects the world around you. A side note here, most people look at Jesus’ admonition and assume it means treat people the way they treat you. But it really means treat people THE WAY YOU WANT THEM to treat you. In other words, even if they treat you badly, treat them good, because that is what you are wanting from them. Talk about doing something that is tough! At any rate, it comes down to this question you must ask yourself. When life is giving you canker sores, is it worth passing those painful sores psychologically onto others, or is it better to apply the soothing balm of peace and allow them to eventually go away? Because, when all is said and done, there are far too many canker sores in our world today. - Blessings be with you all - David L.