Many years ago I had some issues. Yeah, fine, I still have issues. But believe it or not they were much worse in years past. This is going to sound pretty far-fetched, but hear me out.<\/p>\n
I used to think that bad things happened to those around me when good things happened to me. It wasn’t a superstitious thing. Deep down, I think I really knew that it wasn’t the case. But subconsciously, I know I felt that way.<\/p>\n
For example, whenever I would plan a trip (or come back from a trip), I’d find out that a friend or family member was in the hospital. It was inevitable. I went to Chicago, my niece got sick. I went to Minneapolis, my sister-in-law got sick, I went to Washington, DC, my friend Regina died. I booked tickets to Paris, my niece died. I came back from Paris, my mom collapsed and was hospitalized for a week. Notice a pattern?<\/p>\n
Back then, I was going to therapy and I brought it up with my therapist. His response was somewhat light-hearted, but to the point. Basically, that I need to get over myself for thinking I had such power. <\/p>\n
Hell, if I had such abilities, imagine the good I could do in the world if I could harness those powers and focus that energy on ridding the world of evil people: Osama Bin Laden, Kim Jong-Il, you get the picture.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I’ve done a lot of travel over the past few years and have been fortunate enough to have loads of good things come my way…and the prevalence of people falling ill around me has disappeared.<\/p>\n
So, why am I blogging about this today? Because I’m off to Mexico in less than 48 hours and my mother notified me that my aunt is in the hospital. You may recall me blogging last week about my uncle going into the hospital. He was released on Thursday, but his wife (my aunt) went into the hospital within hours of him coming home.<\/p>\n
Well, she’s still in the hospital and apparently has cancer…throughout her entire body. I’m still waiting for more details (did they just disover this now? has she had it for a long time but just kept it a secret?). <\/p>\n
Ugh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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