One of the techniques I try to use whenever I’m in a quandry over something regarding my health is to ask, “What if I were not me? What if I were my mother? My sister? My friend? What would I say? Do? Pray over?”<\/p>\n
This helps me take the sometimes-frustrated or “at sea” me out of the conversation and puts me in the mindset of at least a little more objectivity.<\/p>\n
This technique is also helpful when I’m talking with my doctors. On more than one occasion, I’ve asked, “Would you send your [wife\/daughter\/sister] to this specialist? Prescribe the same medication to your mother? Follow this course of treatment yourself?”<\/p>\n
Only once did a doctor take offense to this kind of questioning. The other times, the docs were surprisingly receptive, thinking for a moment, and then giving an honest and helpful answer.<\/p>\n
Stuck? Befogged and befuddled?<\/p>\n
Think differently…What if you were not you?<\/p>\n
What would you say\/do, now?<\/p>\n
Blessings for the day,<\/p>\n
Maureen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of the techniques I try to use whenever I’m in a quandry over something regarding my health is to ask, “What if I were not me? What if I were my mother? My sister? My friend? What would I say? Do? Pray over?” This helps me take the sometimes-frustrated or “at sea” me out…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":548,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,43,4],"tags":[44,1203,659,308,1096,1204],"class_list":["post-1323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronic-pain-and-illness","category-encouragement-in-life","category-words-of-encouragemnent-and-info-for-all","tag-chronic-pain","tag-communication-about-illness","tag-direction","tag-discernment","tag-lost","tag-wondering"],"yoast_head":"\n