Attitude Adjustment

I've been feeling apathetic. Toward everything. And everyone. I don't have a lot of compassion or charity in me in general but lately it's been...well, nonexistent.

Saturday I had a client who walked in and immediately started describing all the pains she's ever had, all the medications she's on, all the surgeries and diseases in her long, long history...

After working at The Doctor's Office, I became extremely leery of people like that. Because you never know if they're really in pain or if they're just after the drugs.

Not that it's my position to judge, but I did/do.

I was dreading the massage.

I positioned her and made her comfortable on the table and then reluctantly sat down at her head to work on her neck.

I inhaled.

And immediately felt repentant for my attitude.

Because she used the same hairspray as my mother. The smell was nostalgic and comforting.

I couldn't help but think that if it were my mother in that kind of pain and she got on my table hoping for some relief, not only would I believe everything she said regarding the pain, I would do everything I could to try to help her.

Turns out the biggest problem with her was me.