Spirituality is all very well but it has to be grounded in some form to make it real. I found the following story about a man stranded on the roof of his house as flood waters rose helped make that connection in a relevant context.
A firm believer in God is trapped on the roof of his house as the flood waters rise.
A guy in a rowing boat offers him safety but the firm believer says "God will save me so no thanks."
As the waters rise a motor boat glides up but with same response," no thank you God will save me."
As he clings to the chimney stack as the waters keep rising a rope ladder is lowered from a helicopter but still the response is "God will save me."
Well the waters take him and as he drowns he cries out "God, why have you not saved me?"
At that point the heavens open and a voice answers.
"Well I sent you a rowing boat, a motor boat and a helicopter, what else can I do?"
The analogy to me is that yourselves and the wonderful NHS staff who looked after me are the way God or something works in our lives.
A poster I read once said " I have sent you nothing but angels" and I think I must have told everyone in NHS and others who supported me on an otherwise fear filled journey that they were angels.
I think my holding that kind of thinking made a difference in mindfulness terms and I would like to share it without coming across as proselytising because I no more know if what I think is true, it might just be a kind of coping mechanism that helped me although I have lots of reasons to think what I think.
