Chiropractic is about spiritual strength and improvement. It’s also about attaining that goal through the physical act of health and healing. I personally believe that the body’s ability to heal is best prepared through preventive maintenance of Body, mind and spirit. Right now, there are a few things that i’m working through which i’d like to share with you.
My biggest struggle is with the relationship with my wife. That shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone as spousal stress is the most commonly listed stress of all. To be honest it isn’t her or me or us as a couple. It’s something that we as people all do but I’m specifically seeing in her right now. In fact, I know I do this at times also. My struggle is that she listens to everyone else’s advice except mine. Ever do that yourself? Or see it in your spouse?
For the past three weeks, she has been watching that new show on Netflix “Tidying up with Marie Kondo”. It really is a fantastic show. She talks about finding joy in life and learning about yourself and what makes you happy through the process of tidying up your house. This is Chiropractic in terms of housework.
My wife and I have lived in our house for eleven years. For ten of those years i’ve been asking and telling her to clean out her side of our bedroom closet. She had more clothes than closet space, shelves and drawers. Her clothes would spill out the door into the room. She even had a corner of our bedroom dedicated to old and or dirty clothes that has gone untouched for years.
Contrast this with twice a year I remove anything from my wardrobe that I haven’t worn in three or more years. Marie Kondo would say even this is too much, but it works for me and keeps my closet under control. So you can see how I found my wife’s side of the closet disturbing.
Thankfully, I learned to let it all go five maybe six years ago and haven’t said anything since. But internally, I fumed and had to learn to vent my frustrations is positive ways. This is a piece of my growth. You see, I was a thrower. I’d pick up things that were out of place and throw them across the room. Then I’d pick up other things and pile them up in the middle of a room and leave it there until the owner cleaned it up.
She would tell me my actions weren’t helpful and I was scaring the kids. At the time I didn’t hear her message to me. Then one day I began asking myself how this was serving me and my family? I saw the fear in my wife and kids eyes and realized it wasn’t productive at all and so I changed and learned to let it go. Likewise, my wife heard the message i’ve been communicating to her from someone else. It frustrates me to no end that it happened this way. But at least it finally happened. That makes me happy.
Chiropractic is very similar in that we never know who is going to receive the message from whom. It may be me. It may be you. I believe that preventive maintenance is the better way. It works for me and for those who take me up on that message. It’ll work for you.
With Love,
Dr. Brian
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