The first thing that comes to mind when I look at the word adjustment, is being on a table at the chiropractic office, waiting for him to snap, crack, twist, and "adjust" your spine back into place so you can feel better. Ah......feels better already right? Well, I would like to use that scenario, but apply it to your daily life. Instead of opening up the spaces and easing the pain in your back, look at opening up spaces in your life to allow healing. In fact, in doing so, could possibly kill two birds with one stone. Remember, physical and emotional pain are most often connected in some way. Most of us have a tendancy to put off going to see any kind of doctor to have anything looked at, or heaven forbid actually done. Walking through that door, looking at all the things in the "little" room, wondering if he will have to use that particular tool on you, in order to find out what is wrong with you. You'd be surprised at how many people would rather have a truck run over their little toe, than to sit there waiting and wondering what comes next. True agony.......I understand completely
Now, just to ease your mind, as I said before, we aren't going to be talking about body adjustments, but rather life adjustments. And I am fully aware that for some of you, choosing between the body and life........one would be just as bad as the other. Most of us just want to cruise along in life, with no need to change anything. Just keep things status quo, easing going, whatever. If someone says something needs to change, then invariably that requires something on your part. The question becomes.......what is it that is required on your part?
Well......that's a good question, and one hopefully answered here without too much pain and suffering on your part. Now if we go back to the spine, even visualize what the spine looks like, what it does, and how sometimes one small thing can be out of wack, then causes the rest of the spine to be compromised........it might make it easier to see how our lives quite often mimic that visualization. The thing that is out of wack can cause pain, irritability, anger, frustration, inability to sleep......etc. The etc. usually has to do with how your "thing" that is out of wack is starting to affect those around you, either at home or at work. In other words that one thing, whether it's a vertebrae, or it's something that's happened in your life such as, losing your job, losing your house, going through a divorce, caring for a sick one, dealing with an illness, old age.........etc., some adjustments needs to be made.
Now granted most often, it will be a lot easier to let someone crack your back into place, as opposed to realizing that something in your life needs to change, new choices need to be made, or you need to let something go that no longer serves a purpose in your life. Hey....you make an appointment, lay down on the table, the doctor moves you around a little, you get relief, and can get back to your life, without having to change a thing. Granted you might have waited week after week before you realized something had to be done, and then you took care of it, without too much pain and suffering. However, when something happens in your life, that you weren't expecting, and there is no way to get around making some changes to compensate for what was lost, some adjustments will have to be made. Can you put it off, well, it depends on what happened, but most often it will require you to change directions whether you want to or not.
I know......another ouch. Don't you hate that? You are wanting permission to sit in the corner and just stare out the window for a few weeks, months, or years. Maybe if you don't think about it, it will go away. Or maybe if you buy something just for you, surely, it will keep you from having to address the issue or problem, or the thing that needs attention. Well, trust me, I've tried them all, and granted you can do that for a while, sooner than later, you will have to deal with it. Now looking back to the vertebrae.........you could go, reluctantly, but you could go and possibly get some relief, and never have to go back, which would be great. But if you don't go, as I said before, you can suck it up, let it control your life and those around you, because of the pain it causes you, or you could get some relief and move on.
I suppose the question here is, how is your pain, whether physical or emotional, or events that weren't expected in life, affecting your quality of life, and those around you? Maybe you should ask them, whoever they are. Or just take a moment and ask yourself, could my life be different, better, or more easily handled, if I allowed myself to make a few adjustments? Or, what sort of statement could I be making to myself, and those around me, if I stepped up to the plate, looked at the situation head on, and did whatever was needed in order cope with whatever I'm experiencing? Either that, or making the conscious decision to shove "stuff" under the rug, where after a while is not only visable to you, but others will begin to notice it as well. Not an attractive sight, trust me on this.
We are all going to be faced with "stuff" happening in our lives, good and bad. The good stuff is a no brainer, we just soak it up and hope we can keep things the same. That's the easy part.......but the hard part, where adjustments are needed to get through, are ultimately where we learn the most important lessons in life, like patience, understanding, acceptance, endurance, compassion.....etc. These are the things we can practice, that in the long run will make the biggest impact on those around us. If someone sees how you are enduring your hurt, pain, loss, and frustration, and sees that you can very easily yield to change in your life, they will see that yes, life is hard, and they very well could go through the same thing, but will remember how you made adjustments in order to cope, and could still enjoy peace and joy in their life.
So, if you want something to change in your life, try to see that in order for that change to take place, some adjustments will have to be made. You can either get comfortable with that, and ease into the change, or fight, resist, ignore or keep shoving it under that rug. The choice is ultimately yours.
