Whose Life Is It Anyhow?

Who is the judge and jury over your life?


This whole post came about after talking to a friend on the phone and got me to thinking about  how much authority we give to Dr's or others when it comes to our lives... When did we stop thinking for ourselves?

Without going into my medical things... I can say without any hesitation that I'm Dr'd out... I have had my fill of blood tests, EKG's, hospitals and all the other things that goes along with being sick...

What gets me is that I have alot of medical people telling me what I can and can't do... And I'm not at all impressed about that right now... I think if I listened to all of the don't do list I would be doing nothing at all... That isn't a me thing... I can understand being cautious and not doing anything stupid... I'm notorious for doing things without thinking... But when does putting too many rules on what you can and can't do need to stop...

If I feel good enough to go out and do something or hike the canyons than I want to do that... OK! For those who knows me well enough, you know that isn't going to be the case, but just saying... I do like to go on my drives, with the radio turned up and just go... I know that I shouldn't go out when it is hotter than Hades... I do have some common sense once in awhile... When I have good days, I want to do the things I can't do on my bad days... I know there are consequences, but sometimes they are worth it... I must say that I get frustrated over all the don'ts instead of the you can Do's...  My Don'ts list is much bigger than my Do's list...

In my opinion and once in awhile it does count... If you are going to lay down and do nothing, why live? I have many great Dr's and I'm sure their advice is great... But I wonder sometimes if we stop thinking for ourselves and then we let others dictate what we can and can't do for ourselves... Or when others that are in my life or maybe they think they know what is best and I agree that safety is a plus... I do have one Dr that is pretty good and tells me to do what I can, but be careful... I also have some friends that know me well enough to know when to step in and save me from me... Hmmm, is that even possible? Anyhow, if you do nothing and are afraid to live, why even bother... I say for myself, "if I can't do anything, then shoot me"... Is that a horrible thought? Maybe for some! But in my thinking and it isn't always there, I want to do what I can do for as long as I can and not lay down and have others ordering me what to do and when to do it... Maybe I'm too much of a control freak... Well, no maybe' about it, I am a control freak... Maybe I'm not thinking about this logically... Who knows!

I have seen many people that takes what Dr's, friends or family says at face value or the law... They sit around and do nothing or they sit in their little rocking chairs and let life pass them by... They are afraid to go do anything because something might happen... That isn't living, that's existing... Something or anything can happen while sitting there doing nothing... There are no guarantees... There are more accidents in the home than anyplace else... I will vouch for this personally... I can see doing nothing for a short time or to relax... Then I see others who get out and do whatever they can do while they can... They may have alot of problems or have disabilities, but they don't let that stop them from living and being part of things... They may not be able to do things like someone that physically fit... But they do what they can... And if people keep telling them they can't, eventually they are going to stop trying all together...

There is some people I know that will let everyone decide for them and maybe that is smart... I guess I'm not that smart... I may fail at whatever I try to do, but I refuse to not try or not do something if I'm able to do it... Even though, there are times I need to go about doing what I want in a smarter and safer way... :)

This is my soap box topic today...