Indulging in Joy

  The effect of having drugs that work well has made me less inclined to do the alternative therapies that I have learned about. There is so much that I want to do and am now able to do, that I get embroiled in other kinds of activities.

Christmas time this year has me buying gifts, mostly online, or wrapping homemade ones, sending packages to those who are far away, decorating a tree and decorating all around the house, and the cleaning that precedes it, cooking and baking, and inviting friends and family to spend time with us. I enjoy Christmas, and I am indulging myself in it this year.

I am still exercising at the gym though. Yoga is my mainstay, but I have been exploring other types of classes with an eye to losing weight. When the New Year comes and this distraction is past I hope to get back to my at home routine of Tai Chi Chih, and energy exercises. Maybe even meditation. I need to remember: the drugs are not a cure, and that making a change in my body for healing will need another approach.

Can the “Miracle of Christmas” help my healing? Why not, if it is following my heart? And I keep that advice to follow my heart in mind whenever I feel a twinge of guilt for indulging in joy.