Friday, April 17, 2009,6:40 PM
Accumulated Effect
As i was reading a book abt lower back pain, i came across this excerpt:
"Because we felt fine right up until the moment when we turned in an awkward way, lifted a heavy box, sneezed, or bent down to pick up a pencil, we tend to think of that single event as being the one that cause our pain. But far more often than not, the lift or the sneeze is not the ultimate cause of the pain, but only the incident that triggers a painful reaction to accumulated physical, mental, and/or emotional stress and overuse..."
Although this phrase may sound ordinary, it made lots of sense to me. Interestingly, this is how our life often works. Take for example we failed in an examination, and we lamented that our failure is because of how difficult the paper was or how unsuitable we were for the state of study due to whatever reasons that came along the way. Most people would not have realised that more often than not, the examination is probably only the trigger incident for prolonged lack of preparation, practice and the willingness to acquire new knowledge.
If we focus solely on the trigger incident, we risk putting our future endeavours on a shaky footing. If we look back further, we would probably recognize that several factors such as prolonged stress, lack of time management, etc, has been making us feel increasingly vulnerable for some time. We could even recall some telltale signs that had signalled intuitively to us before the fateful incident. But we had done nothing to resolve them then or could have simply brushed away these signs with excuses.
Pardon me, i'm not saying that we only have ourselves to blame for all the misfortune that happened to us. There are many many other sources of problems. However, i believe that we should all learn to 'listen' to small details in our lives and try to solve even little problems or overcome minor setbacks
now before they turn into something big.
Alright, all my 大道理 shall end here. Now i shall talk more about what is going on in my life now. I'm having a terrible sore throat now and nothing i do seem to be able to soothe it. It started off with a fever, then a cold, and then a sore throat. Argh... i have to admit i have very low pain tolerance, so this pain in the throat is really killing me.
On another note, I am really excited to go back to school. With all the new lecturers and modules, i can't imagine how the next semester is going to be like. I'm keeping my fingers cross and i really really hope that it's going to be better than before. Oh, and my biggest wish for this semester is to improve on my musculoskeletal. Please let me pass the practical exams!
I've also made a promise to myself to exercise al least thrice a week. For the sake of my dysmenorrhea, i've got to be disiplined.
New beginnings, new experiences...
