Is being sick spiritual?

I was sick for about one week with the peek on day two and three. With some people I chat almost daily or they chat with me. The first day the infect hit me I told a few people that I am sick and will be sick.
Believe it or not two of them seemed surprised the next day when I told them I am still sick. Of course I know there are drugs which suppress the symptoms, but aside from that I think if we are sick, there is a reason for it.
I once had a friend who constantly was on the move and even complained not to have time to sit down and think things over. When she was sick she took some drugs and went to work anyway. Then one day she had a fairly serious car accident and broke both legs. Now she had time.

You know the flu short for  influenza a serious viral infection and other viral infections spread by droplet infection. Sometimes we get it even if no infected person is close to us and sometimes we are in a room full of sneezing and coughing people or we even kiss our sick spouse but seem to be immune.
So there seems to be an effect aside from the epidemiological aspects.
I like to think and call it the spiritual side of live. The things running in the background in our life, the things we are commonly not aware of.
If I get sick, I know it is time to rest. It may be a time to pause and it might be a time to re-think what I am doing.
As I told  currently my life goes through changes and I am not very happy with them. But aging is something we may be able to delay a little but not for good. This and my other situation gave me quite a stress, especially since my plans seemed not to take effect or work. Maybe this already weakened my defense system. Then we had a cold spell here in the Philippines, actually the longest and coldest since I am here. In short I got sick.
I was laying in bed for almost 2 days and had at least 2 more day I spend in front of the Computer but not doing any serious work or learning.
And then the next morning I got up and felt happy and confident!
It felt good!
But nothing in the outer had changed and nothing in the inner had happened.
Stop!
That cannot be true!
Nothing I can remember or recall or put my finger on had happened!

Next time you feel you are about to get sick maybe you ask yourself if you need to suppress it or if you can afford to let it happen, maybe there is a gift in it for you!