I’d been watching all the people around me fall ill from a cold. Judy, too. I was pleased that it hadn’t dug its nails into me—maybe even somewhat proud. “I must be doing something right.” But it’s got me now. All I can do is lie in bed and cough. I’d hoped to post the third part of “The Three Fundamental Views of Existence” by this point, but it’s been impossible to get any work done. So I’ve been lying in bed pondering the details of a third installment, which has been helpful in fleshing out the piece. Then it occurred to me that this is how it got started: two months ago, I was in bed with a stomach problem and thinking about existence. I don’t know how interesting that is, but I felt like saying something here.
December 18, 2011 at 8:06 pm |
I don’t know about the old age thing, but that cold is a bear!
December 19, 2011 at 5:50 am |
I’ve come to believe that sickness is Nature’s way of making us get some rest. Hope you and Judy will feel better soon!
December 19, 2011 at 9:14 am |
Drink copious amounts of fluid for at least a day or two! Which sucks more: a temporarily uncomfortably full bladder or a prolonged cold? Don’t waste your immunity on b.s. like colds!
December 19, 2011 at 3:48 pm |
So sorry you fell to the evil cough…it is going around. Swift healing, and we look forward to Part III. People say the cough lasts about 4 weeks, so don’t be alarmed if you need lots of quiet time to recover.
December 20, 2011 at 6:33 am |
Enjoy the “down” time. Great way to get rest & gather those fleeing reflections.
Merry Christmas too! 
December 22, 2011 at 6:42 am |
Recently heard someone say that we spend (waste, she thought) huge amounts of time trying to figure out how to be better people, when what we really need is to be better rested. This seems to segue into what you say about the benefits of illness-enforced pondering.