The definition of a "Phoenix rising from the ashes" is quite simple really. The academic defintion is the following: rebirth, resilience, and transformation,stemming from the myth of a fire-bird that burns and is reborn from its own ashes." I would bet my last dollar that the majority of human beings have witnessed or felt the "Phonenix rising."
The traumas of health issues are real. We are, however, never prepared for those traumas because we think or believe that we are invincible. In our youth, that may be accurate or part of our mindset. As we age, that is perhaps not as accurate. When we evolve from a health crisis or any crisis for that matter, particularly with those we love dearly, we become stronger, more confident. Why? We evolve into strength because we have faced unimaginable fear. Our fears evolve into grief and then into strength because that is the lesson. Strength does not happen overnight. It happens because we have faced the inevitable.
The medical abyss has shown me that although we must respect the expertise, we must also listen to our bodies and make the adjustments necessary to survive whatever it is that the medical world wants us to experience. It's painful and it's scary but we become better because of what we learn. We must be our own advocates. We must listen to our bodies and our common sense.
We learn that when the bubble bursts, we must take another look at ourselves. We learn that better health is an investment and it takes time to change to a better way of living. We learn that we have to embrace the attitude of gratitude each and every day that we get up and approach our lives with gusto. Gratitude is the key. Find something to be grateful for each and every day even when we feel nothing. We are guaranteed nothing. The only thing we can do is keep our heads down and face the circumstances, good, bad or otherwise. These circumstances are always waiting for us, like it or not. We are like a "Phoenix Rising."
The "Phoenix Rising" in us leaves us to become different people. We let go of grief and fear and we look at our world differently because...Well...We have to do so. When you wake up each day and see the sun, we know we have another day to face joy, to face fate, to face the truth and keep going. Peace out.
