Let me be perfectly honest. My back is messed up, again! I admit it. Spasm messed up. Is it from skating, is it from standing all day on my cement studio floor, is it from relaxing on Abs exercises? I don’t know.
It’s been a long time, but the pattern is the same old one…like a cross of pain that usually takes 4 days: mid-spine, lower-spine, the left then right side of the lower spine. Each time it seems I can expect this sequence of pattern. This time the really bad spasms only lasted ½ day. I am eternally thankful for that.

Yesterday I woke up thinking about years ago the small church near my mom’s house. They had hanging a big painting of the Blessed Virgin. One day the frame glass that contained it fogged up. The fog formed an image looking like “the face of Jesus”. Soon people were coming from all over to see the miracle of the painting which they had propped up on a chair in the middle of the altar for all to view. My friend and I went to see it. Yes the condensation on the inside of the glass did look like a face. The priest told us that someone was coming from the Vatican to determine if it was indeed a miracle. I never heard what happened.

Is the cross of pain in my back a miracle? Some little voice in my head called it “Divine Pain”, not a bad description really.
Divine: 1. (adj.) “having Godlike nature”, 2. (verb) “to come to understand or realize something by intuition, inspiration or other apparently supernatural means.”

I don’t know if this idea brings me solace or despair. I don’t know if there are any answers or reasons in such a thought. It did however crack me up all day and make me feel holy about the back pain. Gentle vigilance and kindness are the key actions towards the repair work. Today I am happy to report the “miracle” is fading.