Monday, August 29, 2011

The Pleasure of Discomfort

I find myself in an unpleasant situation at the moment. I am unwell. The source of my discomfort is best kept secret because it is otherwise embarrassing. You might have guessed by now, and if you haven’t then stop racking your brain over such mundane matters.

Being unwell has never been pleasant, but it also has its advantages too. For one, people treat you better, unless they are nurses with long-term experience in more horrific illnesses that make your ailment seem like a walk in the park.

I don’t envision being ill much longer, but since it has its benefits then I intend to enjoy the benefits until I have to fully re-join the world of the healthy. I can talk this way because my illness mostly has to do with discomfort and inconvenience and less to do with pain. I wouldn’t be talking this way if the headache I have at the moment was head splitting.

So now I retire to more movies and computer games to keep me company as I occasionally glance at the latest news from the internet. I won’t comment on football, too much has been said already. The one thing we must learn to do is to lose graciously and to win with humility.

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