When I was younger, I took my health completely for granted. I played hockey and football at times with a reckless abandonment that left me with all kinds of different injuries. I have scars above my eyes and under my nose from hockey pucks and sticks, and I still feel pains in my joints that remind me of hits and tackles I received on the ice or field. Those days, however, my body was younger and seemed to heal quickly making the pain easier to forget. The older I get, the longer I take to heal.
The human body is truly an amazing organism. It is designed to fight off viruses and sickness, heal itself from bruises and injuries, and is constantly regenerating and replacing cells. The amazing thing is that all this is done subconsciously or seemingly automatically. Although we can intentionally do things that help our body’s healing process, we don’t have to consciously initiate our body’s healing. If only organizations worked in the same way!
