I hurt my back - March 2011

hi there

 

just want to let you know what happened.  it is until now that i can sit for a little longer to send this email.

 

two days after i returned to sydney, i hurt my back, it was sooooo bad that i could not stand, sit, walk nor move.  kevin immediately came home from work and virtually had to carry me to a chinese accupuncture doctor who gave me all necessary treatments and medicine, and said i had to lie down all the time to recover.  today is the 7th day.

 

it was a real blessing that kevin did not have to work on sat and he spent the whole of friday afternoon and sat to cater to my every needs, bringing me water, food, bread and straw (because i cannot sit up and drink).  andrew bought me dinner and made me breakfast so i had all the care i needed.

 

at times when the pain was really bad, i tried to remember a song sung in the 'song of music':

 

'snow flakes that stay on my nose and eye lashes, silver white winters that melt into springs, these are a few of my favorite things....; when the dogs bite, when the bees sting, when i am feeling said, i simply remember my favorite things, and then i dont feel, so bad....'yeah i started to think of things that will amuse myself and then i remember what was said about my grandfather, who was feared by us all, it was about his behaviour:

 

行路輕輕, 坐落驚驚, 講嘢細聲, 鬧人大聲 

'walk lightly, sit cautiously, talk softly, and scold loudly'.

 

so now i am exactly like my grandfather  and whenever i recall this, i started to laugh.

 

anyway, although my movements are restricted, i did not have a bad time at all, i spent all my time sleeping, watching TV and eating, and REST, which is what i need most.

 

looking back, since last aug, i went to vancouver to settle ryan, then toronto to settle my sister, back to sydney, the tour shanghai etc, back to sydney, back to hong kong, backi to sydney, back to hongkong, hokkaido, hongkong and sydney.

 

i spent every minute of the day doing things for myself and others and neglected my own body, therefore ......

 

i also thought how fortunate i am to have this happen in sydney when kevin and andrew can drive me to the doctor and take care of me, if this happened in hong kong, or canada, or ...., then it would be horrible.

 

i was told long time ago that:  if you chant nam myo ho renge kyo and trust the gohonzon, your will still have problems, however they will come at a time when you are most capable of handling them.

 

i am not going to translate this into chinese because i need to lie down now.  i hope my chinese friends will be able to read the message behind.  or, maybe i will translate this when i am better.

 

cheers

 

lydia