I flipped the question and asked my mom – Why did this happen for us? Where is the silver lining here in the dark cloud? That let us see the good things that came out of the bad incident. It got our entire family together, even closer. Our children got to witness why a strong support system is important and how we work as a unit. My mom recognized how encouraging and supportive our friends are. She appreciated the good care she got from doctors, nurses, physiotherapists. She realized, she has grown stronger and has great lessons of resilience to teach her grandchildren. She now has a bigger drive to support the community. That incident is also encouraging me to reimagine health care for the elderly.
It is hard to understand why bad things happen in the midst of the storm. One thing that has helped me deal with setbacks is the mindset. There are some things we cannot control but if we focus on them, it is an “opportunity cost”, it is the cost of our precious time, attention and energy that gets drawn from the reservoir of limited resources we have.
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