08.16.07
Toothache Sagacity
Pain…that which causes us to become seemingly hopeless and helpless a fortiori… and once we reach an age where we attain a putative adult mind, we lose a certain kind of insight towards pain. I did – until I recalled something that Misha had said when he was about three years old.
Misha was playing with my niece Michelle, and due to his decalcified teeth, he had been suffering from a terrible toothache the whole day. Suddenly, he paused from their game and with gentle pleading, asked Michelle innocently, “Would you like to borrow my toothache?”
He thought that pains could simply disappear when passed on to someone, and that may have sounded so cute, funny, and absurd at the same time…but looking back, I realized that there was actually some wisdom in his tender
puerile words.
Who said pain was for us to carry alone when in truth we can give it all to God?
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jOsE LoREnzO said,
August 16, 2007 at 3:26 am
nice! very nice reflection! this prose is closer to poetry than prose!
miRacLe said,
August 16, 2007 at 3:49 am
Thank you very much…
o said,
December 8, 2008 at 5:47 pm
a wonderful reflection…i hope i could share your burden right now…if only i could borrow your “visitor”.hehehe
Miracle ♪♫ said,
December 8, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Very funny. You can borrow it anytime. Hahaha =P