When a person receives a severe diagnosis, it can be a profound wake-up call. In a way, a sickness can be a blessing. It brings you back to yourself. You leave the ephemeral yearnings of modern life, with all its stress and vapidity, and return to your ancestral home: your body and mind. When you have and accept that you have a disease, an injury, a limitation, or something else along those lines, you take better care of yourself. Ironically, you may live a healthier life overall as a result!
On the other hand, if a person always goes around believing everything's fine and nothing is wrong with them, eventually they'll wind up in trouble! They're not paying attention.
This is the meaning of the proverb, "One Disease, Long Life. No Disease, Short Life." Don't be afraid to acknowledge your weaknesses; you'll always be better off than those who don't.
In meditation and in bodywork, awareness of a problem naturally begins the unconscious process of solving it. You can't relax your leg if you don't feel its tension, and you can't be open to a more positive mindset if you never fully meet the negative one.
Take good care of yourself, and I hope to see you at class sometime!