A blog for people living with chronic illness to share their truths. Shiny and dull.
Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about unbecoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place. -Unknown- In 2012 I was forced into retirement at age 37 due to frequent health limitations. I was absolutely devastated. Up until then, …
Pray and let God worry. -Martin Luther Naturally, I have always been a worrier. I had a stomach ulcer as a child which I can only assume is due to this predisposition. This situation was certainly not helped by becoming a teacher and then a school administrator. A few years ago, I had a massive MS …
The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are. Rumi I thought I would continue this blog with a picture I painted through an art course I am taking called Life Book through Willowing Arts. This was our first picture and I chose a word for the …
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. – Stephen Hawking Sometimes it is really hard to keep doing things as conditions change. For me, one of my passions is gardening. However, this mainly happens in the summer and that means heat. I have a really hard time in the heat and all of my …
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning. – Winston Churchill One of the most interesting activities I have done in the last few years was an exercise where I asked a question to an international support site I used to be a chat host for. I asked the group what were some things …
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime. -Babe Ruth I encounter many people every day who deal with illness. I run two support groups for people …
Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself. -Robin S. Sharma One of my tools that has helped me the most through my life is a journal. It is also probably the thing that …
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