12/19/2025
Be More Thank What You Are!
I have been in active chiropractic practice for 45 years now. I see people in a lot of pain; not just with their back or neck pain. I take time to listen and encourage them when their home burns down, they are going through a divorce, their loved ones passed away, they are fighting cancer, or they are full of anxiety or depression.
Do you know what I have observed? Everyone is fighting a battle. I mean, everyone. Most people make the mistake of looking at their neighbor or social media, and they think, “that person looks happy, but I have one problem after another, my life is pathetic”. The truth is everybody has problems. They may put on social media a picture of their fancy car, or home or vacation; but they won’t show you that their credit cards are maxed out, that they are lonely in their relationship, or when they cry in desperation.
So, what is the solution? To me, life is a battle. You can either succumb to the stresses in life or let it break you or you can gradually over time develop proper coping skills to be a warrior where at first you can be strong enough to survive. But as your faith grows, and me personally, as I realize how much God loves me. He wants me to work as hard as I can to conquer my battles and then He wants me to surrender, and say, “God is in control, I am weak, my strength is giving him the glory for any blessings I have”. That eventually your greatest coping skill is to praise God in the midst of your storm.
So as a chiropractor who will continue to be in the office six days a week, adjusting spines, listening to broken hearts, my Christmas prayer for you is to challenge yourself, to be more than what you are! That means to forgive that person that you have bitter feelings towards; to be the person to contact that loved one you haven’t spoken to un years. And to forgive yourself for your past failures. God loves you so much. Forget your failures, you are not a failure. Then you can love and find joy in the midst of your pain. That is Christmas to me!
