On the contrary

I have a secret to share. On this blog, I have written a bunch of stock posts (such as the previous one) that really have nothing to do with my current life. When things on my end feel uninteresting or I'm stuck in a rut, out come the random topics, elaborated on in more-than-you-care details. Stay tuned for thoughts on laundry, graduation gifts, ever-changing book lists, even a post titled "Things People Said That Have Stuck With Me #2."  It keeps things spicy, I know. Hah.


In the last weeks, I've plunged into the dreariness of working nearly full-time at a high-stress job and the emotional drain that followed certain recent events. In short, I've decided to take a leave from the emergency department and instead, shadow at the pain management clinic at The Hospital. When contacting my department lead friends, I decided that pain management sounds pretty good to me right now. Since it's an integrative treatment clinic, maybe I'll even get to sit in on some psychiatry sessions for my own mental well-being tomorrow. Fingers crossed.


But this all sounds like I'm spiraling into some miserable abyss. I'm not! I've been able to find simple joys in the everyday. Here is photographic proof of such joy:

See? We are able-bodied, healthy, young friends enjoying the sunshine! Which is at least four things more than I can say for most people I interact with on a daily basis. What a blessing that is.


I've been realizing more and more that everything is about posture. Posture before people, posture before self, posture before God.The sooner I accept grace, the better I can reflect it.