Resilience has been a rejuvenating concept for me in recent months. When I think of resilience I think of flexibility. Life with MS has thrown many unexpected situations into my world. Resilience is that solid framework I build coping mechanisms upon. Being resilient allows rom for the flexibility to modulate response. Resilience means seeing a […]
How to finish the book. It seems close to being done sometimes. My fatigue in the evening drains me of incentive. Weekends are my only respite since I have a day job to sustain throughout the week. I must keep trying. Annie Dillard claims a book often takes years to complete. I know there are […]
Happy New Year! I’ve been writing a book. A memoir, if you’re asking me what sort of book it is. Someone once told me that everyone has at least one story to tell but I believe that within the one story there are hundreds or maybe thousands of stories. That is encouraging to me. There […]
Accepting things as they are is not as easy as it might seem. When friends or family do not behave as we desire them to, the reaction felt in response is generally unpleasant. Frustration and anger coupled with disappointment flavor the minutes, hours, and perhaps even years. Learning to accept adversity is not the same […]
Put your mind at ease. Life will not leave you behind. In fact, unless you are anchored somewhere life might just take you on a joy ride down the river without a life jacket or a paddle. Maybe a joy ride every now and then is not a bad idea, but as a way of […]
The little girl never knew how small and vulnerable she was. She lived in a world that seemed to her both vast and uncomplicated, immense in scale and minute in detail. And all this within herself, coexisting in perfect balance. For a long time she never saw a problem with this arrangement. The boldness of […]
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