Go With the Flow For the Health of It
Go With the Flow For the Health of It
Go With the Flow For the Health of It
She'd had a pretty significant illness and needed some rehabilitation.
She'd been there a little over a month and was looking forward to discharging and going back to her assisted living apartment.
After talking with hundreds of people I've concluded that the resistance to nursing homes has to do with them believing that once they walk through the doors of any nursing facility anywhere, they're giving up all freedom as they know it and will be forced to remain in the confines of that facility the rest of their lives.
In case you think this...it's not true!!
But getting back to the point of this article...
I asked this particular woman how she'd liked her stay and she told me it had been very nice. She said the main difference between being here rather than her apartment is that when people visit her here, she's lying down in a bed. When people visit her in her apartment she's sitting in a chair.
And that was that. No complaining. No when am I going to get out of this place, simply--it's been fine, I appreciate it, and glad to get the rest.
I told her I was impressed with her positive attitude. That's when she told me something else I've heard a million times but when she said it--I knew she meant it.
This elderly lady of nearly 90 years told me she has learned that the best way to deal with life is to go with the flow.
People talk about going with the flow all the time but when they say it I often think it's just a comment made to move a conversation on to another topic or to end it altogether and they're also not lying in a nursing home bed.
She went on to say that she felt her family doctors and the facility staff were all doing their best to help her and she appreciated it. She says in the long run it's better not to fight because it just makes life harder.
In other words, the more you fight the more you lose. Being resistant and insisting on having your way doesn't always make sense and can often disrupt the flow of life so significantly that it takes years to recover if at all.
This isn't about never doing anything different, not taking risks, and not standing up for your rights. It's about avoiding drastic change or making decisions that can put you in jeopardy.
Say you meet a new girlfriend/boyfriend online who says they can't wait to meet you--but please send $$$!
Or your boss gives you a task you don't want to do so you immediately turn in your letter of resignation.
This lady accepted her stay in a nursing home for what it was--rehabilitation. She got healthy and is now back home.
She went with the flow and it worked out.
I've made plenty of changes in my life. Some of them worked out well but there were more than a few times when I most likely would have been better off if I'd have taken a little more time to think through my options.
Absolutely stick up for your rights and make choices that are good for you. Just remember that sudden and abrupt decisions or those made on impulse can be costly. Decisions that don't take your long term health and welfare into account can also end up costing you more than you'd bargained for in the long run.
Penny L Haider Author of No Contact: Ending a Destructive Relationship. The author wrote this book to help women walk away from violence and abuse in relationships.
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