Sick and afflicted!

Here i was sitting in my living room, thinking about the wonders of life. Then it dawned on me,-life is full of irony! How ironic that such a thought should cross my mind when I'm afflicted with the chicken pox! It's a hell of an illness- this chicken pox! For those of who who have experienced this horrid disease, you'll know that it's no picnic. It engulfs your entire body! It starts on your abdomen, then spreads to your back, and the rest of your limbs in your body are overtaken by this dreadful disease!

How horrible to be transported back to bible days when the lepers had to run through the cities advising the entire population of their uncleanliness! Though it's not so today, it's almost like that. Instead of having to broadcast your shame and humiliation in the streets, you are confined to your bedroom never to show yourself until you are rid of the disease.

I sat here thinking and began to realise that diseases are cruel! Any illness that anyone becomes afflicted with now-a-days affects some vital organ of your body. I was privileged to have my encounter with "pink-eye" and oh what a joyous time we had together!

There i was, my vision temporarily gone, sitting in my bed all day, looking at nothing but the darkness! I understood then to some extent what God probably saw when he first looked at earth. The darkness that covered it all, no light could be found anywhere. Desperate for some light, i tried to open ma eyes, but he wouldn't let me. Like an albatross, it clung to me, never allowing me to see the light! Literally! And just which organ did this disease affect? My eyes!

Then here comes the chicken pox, some years later affecting the most visible thing to the human eye, my skin! I guess i should be thankful that it's not much worse. It's not as bad as others! But my poor face is taking a good beating from the chicken pox!

I never thought i would have chicken pox. I was vaccinated against it. So imagine my surprise when i was told oh so calmly by the pharmacist that i have chicken pox! I almost hyperventilated! I was so overwhelmed by it all that when i came home, I cried so much my eyes nearly popped! Now however, I've gotten accustomed to it. It doesn't itch anymore thanks to the calamine lotion. Oh thank God for science! Isn't life something else? Oh it's just full of surprises!

Diseases? Who needs 'em? I know i don't! But why is it that diseases should affect us like this? Some affect our skins, some the eyes, some the liver, some the heart, some affect our mouths, some our kidneys and the list goes on.

We all have our time! Our day will all come when we become sick and afflicted!