Choose To Bruise

I have been having shoulder and neck pain on and off for the past few weeks and yesterday it was particularly painful. I was still in pain this morning so I took the day off work. I visited the physiotherapist, had some physiotherapy and some medicine and spent most of the day sleeping. The medicine seems very effective and the pain has decreased quite a lot so I shall probably go back to work tomorrow.

The title? After eating my midday meal I read the novella of The Menagerie. In one part, Captain Pike says, "You either live  life, bruises and all, or you turn your back on it and start dying." Seemed like a good philosophy to get back to work, even if I do feel some pain.