That was a good poem, very thought provoking. And your choice of words about bone-crunching made me cringe from the literal bone-crunching fracture to my thumb.

Why do we need to go through the physically painful and damaging things that happen to our body? To me, it seems odd that we'd have to suffer pain and injury. My thumb is numb even after 4 months and the Dr.'s pretty sure permanent nerve damage is involved, but I have trouble believing it. How does not being able to use that thumb much, help with soul growth? I can accept to a certain point, that all the sh*t that happens, good or bad, is some process the soul needs or wants to experience? But it seems so useless to be handicapped that way. I do (feel) I need to be able to carry in wood and make a fire and it's hard to do with one hand and one glove. Yes, I'm whining a little bit but I still don't quite get it that these things happen to handicap us.

I guess I had the idea that you were so advanced spiritually that nothing ever happened to you and yet you have car issues, body injuries, tooth pain just like the rest of us. It really boggles my mind sometimes. So that's why when I'm ready to crawl into bed and stay there forever, you post things that myself and others really need to hear. It keeps me hanging in there and gives me strength to do more days.

But I do lay in bed in defeat sometimes and still do the breathing and shakra things flat on my back. I figure it helps. I think I've noticed the beginning of some feeling/energy starting to move in the lower shakras.

Thank you for still hanging around on the planet for us. Much love,

Sherri