I read this yesterday on a womens health site and thought it was worded wonderfully. It's what we already know. But sometimes reading how someone else views it is a good thing.
"Understand you are on a journey without end. Living with a chronic illness isn't like having a stroke or even cancer, which can be "cured." When you have a condition like rheumatoid arthritis or lupus, (or Sjogren's Syndrome, or Fibromyalgia, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, etc) your life is a series of two stepsforward and one step backward. Learn to accept this new rhythm in your life. Instead of focusing on a cure, focus on having as many good days as you possibly can."
By know means do I down play the misery of strokes or cancer and I don't think the writer did either. She was just trying to make a point. My best friend is battling breast cancer. We have different diseases but we are each others support. Even she said she was in better shape than I was. That's her opinion. I think she's faced a bigger battle.
Kim - Wonderfully worded. Thanks for posting this. It reminds me to focus on the good days.
"Learn to accept this new rhythm in your life. Instead of focusing on a cure, focus on having as many good days as you possibly can."
Love this! Thanks for posting!
Thank you, Kim, for posting this. Great words of wisdom!!
Love it- the kind of encouraging thoughts we need here. Thanks, again. ;)