Labor Day weekend...typically the last big summertime hurray for those heading to the beach that live farther inland. A few weeks ago I spent the weekend with friends at the beach. As I was floating aimlessly past where the waves break, I was struck with a few thoughts. Firstly, I looked down the coastline to see the water dotted with other happy faces bobbing in the glistening water and thought 'look at all of us brave souls in here after a summer of 7 shark attacks along the North Carolina coast'. I had my 3 year old with me in the water, and my friend had her 6 year old bobbing along side her. Were we crazy putting ourselves in this vulnerable position? Would we regret it? What if something were to happen?? But nah....we smiled and laughed enjoying every minute of it. And immediately I began to think about the way women go back to have more children even after negative experiences. And the general risks we take in every day life. As a labor and delivery nurse, it always amazes me that women can have a bad birth experience, overcome it, and still make the choice to do it all over again. My sister, for example had a really rough birth with her first daughter. She tore so bad she was recovering for weeks and she's had some permanent issues since. But the joy that baby brought far outweighed the risk of the same thing happening again and so she bravely undertook a second pregnancy and natural birth process and had a successful delivery with only a first degree tear! A much different experience and a great testament to the power of the woman's body (and MIND!). It is so encouraging to me that the nature of human beings is to not give into fear but to feel that fear and do it anyway. Isn't that what life is all about? If we were to fear every bad thing in this world we'd never leave our homes. But the reality is that even when difficulties arise we are stronger than we know and we power on through the hard times and get to the other side. So today I encourage you all to take a leap and trust that the net will appear!
Be Well, LEW
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