My thoughts are a-tangle right now...I am completing my annual physical check-ups, and three doctors have given me potential less-than-wonderful news.
Here's my dilemma...I'd rather have bad news upfront than potential not-wonderful news. Potential anything...even potential good...requires checking further, with another doctor or hospital or specialist...then a three- or six-month recheck. And there is always something else. Who's kidding whom? It is just an ongoing hassle.
Here's my solution: Quit getting annual physical checkups.
Ah, here comes gratitude to save me from myself. I am grateful I've learned that magic thinking, about the unlimited wonders of God, may calm our fears but it does not get the ditch dug, the bed made, or the potential less-than-whatever eliminated.
If we are sincerely seeking still more spiritual growth, we'd best be prepared to take action...do something about something is God's watchword, according to me.
So I go for my three-month follow-up in November and my six-month in February. And kick the hassle down the road.
Thank you.
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