One of the things about being a teacher is that inevitably one gets a cold simply because one has to deal with so many people who are snuffling and sneezing – at this time of year especially.
Colds, though, can be great teachers.
They catch us, usually, when we’re already over-stretched, when our resistance is temporarily low, or when we feel mentally tired or sad. Then we have to let them run their course. A cold, or the flu, or anything like that can’t usually be hurried. It leaves in its own time. Now, some of you will probably say that garlic soup will do the trick in no time, or point me at Kold-Eze or something like that. We all have our favorite remedies, and they do all work most of the time.
Yet a cold is like mental distress – it takes the time it takes to let go of our souls. And just as a severely depressed individual can’t be made well by an exhortation to cheer up, so too the remedy has to do with mental attitude. When I’m in a positive space I won’t get a cold at all, or I’ll shake it off in a day or two. But when the psyche has suffered some sort of assault the cold takes deeper root.
When you have a cold, ask yourself what the pain is that you have to release your hold upon, and prepare to do so. It may take some time. Mental healing and physical healing are very closely allied.
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