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HURTER AND WISER
If You Break Your Toe, You Will Remember Everything
No pain, no brain
Whether you believe in God, Mother Earth, or Mathematical Equations, we can agree the world works in mysterious ways.
And, if you’re not averse to paying attention to its clues, you might begin to understand some of its intentions.
It, being God, Mother Earth, or Mathematical Equations.
If you’re a pessimist and like double negatives, this phenomenon might be explained as nothing happens for no reason. If you hate double negatives and lean towards optimism, a better explanation might be everything happens for a reason.
When my best friend Anya recently shattered her ribs, broke her collarbone, and punctured her lungs on a bike accident, I walked into a 25-pound Peloton weight while carrying a fig plant and fractured my toe.
As I screamed in agony, I looked up at the heavens, or the sun-backed clouds, or the analemma — depending on what you believe in.
Your religion might not have explained this to you, but injuries are a direct line to God, Mother Earth, or Mathematical Equations.
My call from the Above came to me through a fig plant, but there was no denying its message.
