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Do you see a connection between health and spirituality?

Posted on Nov 8th, 2009 by barbara : eternal presence barbara
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for November 08, 2009:

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Yes, of course there is a connection, but we are not always in control of the outcome of that connection. I am reminded of the time when my brother stepped on a needle just weeks after he had been drafted into the army and was about to be sent to Vietnam. The needle became lodged in the heel of his foot and required surgery to be removed. While he was under anesthesia, something about his lack of lung capacity made his doctor order a chest xray. A funny shadow on the xray revealed some odd stretch of tissue that had grown across his chest restricting its growth. He had to have surgery to get it removed and was declared physically ineligible for the draft as a result. My brother has less lung capacity and therefore less "health" because of that growth, but he has more life than Vietnam probably would have given him and he views that experience as extraordinarily spiritual. I know for myself that my body speaks to me, and it requires attention; those little cells are sending me messages just like little people and I have only my spirit to respond with.
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