A blog for people living with chronic illness to share their truths. Shiny and dull.
The truth is we all need a time out, time out to re-evaluate, find balance, heal, detox, and time to breathe. - Michael Baisden This past weekend I attended a folk music festival. It is the one thing my husband and I look forward to most during the summer. A weekend full of great weather, …
Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master. - Christian Lous Lange There are many reasons I am very happy I have lived most of my post diagnosed life while the internet existed. I am very grateful for the online support groups that are around now. I can communicate with people around the world …
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It was the rainbow that gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues. W. H. Davies Well, I am out of my funk that I was in when I posted on Monday. If you didn't see my last post, I included it here so you …
The word "happy" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. - Carl Jung I usually try to find a positive spin on my posts. At least I try to find the rainbow at the end of the storm by the end of my blog entry. A heads up that this post …
If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you'll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness. Sharon Salzberg One of the hardest things for me about living with an illness has been how isolating it can be. When I stopped working, it was easier for me to get used …
The key to forming good habits is to make them part of your "rituals." I have a morning ritual, afternoon ritual and Sunday ritual. It's one way to bundle good habits into regular times that you set aside to prepare yourself for the life you want. Rituals help you form habits. - Lewis Howes Routine. …
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. Eleanor Roosevelt Sometimes in order to try a new treatment, you have to go …
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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. -Willy Nelson For the last 5 years or so, I have actively worked with a counselor on looking at my thought patterns. It is strange for me because before I was on disability, I began my career as a teacher and counselor. …
Walking is man's best medicine. - Hippocrates Well, I finally did it. I went out and bought a walker. It took me so long to make the decision, but I am happy I did it. Walking for a long time has been getting harder and harder for me so it was time for a change …
“No matter what kind of job you have, you can’t just keep going and going like a machine until you drop. Pace yourself. Trim the fat from your task list, stop wasting time on things that don’t matter.” Laura Stack A characteristic about myself that I used to take pride in, was my push to …
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