I know, Earth Day “should” be about saving the Earth, and rightly so. Then there is the mind of ill people, sucked into the depths of yuck-and-muck. What if we used Earth Day to celebrate the Earth, regardless of chronic illness? What if we could use the day as a vehicle to mind travel, wanderlust. Get outside of ourselves, our hurting tired bodies and minds. A moment of relief from the daily grind of chronic illness!
Continue reading Happy Earth Day, Wanderlust For the Chronically Ill
Dang, fear can get in our way. The walls of fear can get bigger, thicker and harder to climb the sicker we get. It can paralyze us and keep us from breaking through health barriers.
Continue reading Fear Is An Imaginary Wall
Being called crazy is just part of life. Who exactly is “normal?” Or are we all just a bit pixilated? Chronic illness is the perfect time to learn about pixilated people and find a new “norm.”
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Don’t paint me as a victim, I am so much more than that, so are you. Victims we are but… Victim defines us only when we let it. Being a victim holds us a prisoner when we have so much more to offer the world. Remove the bars, the barriers, the prejudices, the pigeon holes that are useless and be who we are through our difficult circumstances. Get above it!!!!
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Really and truly, everything really and truly is figure-out-able. If you have ever had a chronic illness (or ten at the same time), you have figured out that we have to figure it out. Sitting around waiting for the Figure-It-Out-Fairy never works. And the Figure-It-Out-POLICE cannot stop us, how fun is THAT???
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We suffer needlessly until we fully understand that life simply is not fair, never has been, never will be, not here on earth. Some people will be stricken with chronic illness and others won’t. It is not fair, that simple. Getting back on the bicycle and moving forward requires that we accept this fact.
Continue reading Cycle of Suffering Because We Think Life Is Supposed To Be Fair
STOP, park it and enjoy a summer picnic. Chronic illness stinks so bad, sometimes we just have to find a way to have some fun and take the stress out of it to the best of our ability. Park your fight with illness and have some fun with the sunshine and fun food.
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It is finally time for those summer picnics. Well, actually any time is a good time for a picnic, especially for those with chronic illness. It is a well-needed change of pace. Keep your summer picnics easy so they are doable. Go do it!!!!!
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Funk-and-yuck-and-muck of chronic illness makes for a dull you (and me). UNfunking ourselves moves us out of our head and on with our lives, no matter how sick one might be. This is fun, let’s give it a whirl…
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There are days during chronic illness that all we can do is smile. That alone is the sum of our effort toward moving forward, a smile. Just a simple smile is the goal of the whole day. If you have been ill, alone, homebound, or worse, you know what I am talking about… just a smile.
Continue reading Just Smile Days During Chronic Illness
