Day 17: Lessons in Chaos and Healing

A Dog Bite & The Lessons in Pain

I’m sitting in the Bali Medical Centre waiting for a rabies vaccine as I write this. Tonight, on my way to a 12-step meeting, a dog bolted into the street out of nowhere. I was coming around a corner on my motorbike and, afraid of hitting the dog, I slowed down. That’s when the dog jumped on my bike and bit me.

I was absolutely terrified and in shock.

Pho…