ME AND MY SCOLIO

I was planning to go home early today but I decided to see my ortho instead because I've been experiencing back pains again recently.

I asked him if I should be concerned. He told me the same thing he said when I first asked him about my condition: "The thing with scoliosis is that you cannot do anything to make it worse. Neither can you do anything to make it better. You just have to live with it by taking care of your posture in order to manage the pain."

Hearing this, I wanted to ask, "Are you sure we are still talking about my scolio?"

Because for a while there, I thought he was referring to matters of the heart where the same you-can't-do-anything-about-it principle equally applies. I know from experience, however, that where the heart is concerned, no amount of therapy would suffice.

So I thank God for pains caused by scoliosis which, though sometimes debilitating, can be cured by medication known to man. And maybe I should thank Him as well for pains involving the heart which cannot be cured by man but by Him alone.

On second thought, maybe my ortho wasn't really just referring to my scolio.