The fact is, though, that anytime I have experienced an unexpected illness or injury, something fabulous happens. Typically, I am one of those people who never sits still. Always multi-tasking, puttering, only stopping long enough to sip a coffee or answer an email. When I am forced to be still, I tend to read something I wouldn't usually have time to read or watch something that I wouldn't typically be interested in. I learn something new and valuable about a topic or myself and I'm always a more enlightened person at the end of my forced confinement. Those 4 days on the couch were really necessary in my life right now. I emerged with a new sense of purpose and meaning in my life. Apparently, the Norovirus was exactly what the doctor ordered.
