How do you deal? (Pity Party warning)

[slccom]

Have you ever written poetry? You know how easy it is to write free verse? How much harder to make things rhyme? Harder still to write in iambic pentameter? Then you move on to haiku? Seventeen whole syllables to work with! There can be great beauty and creative freedom in each form of poetry, depending on the skill of the poet. We are poets of our own lives. Some  people  in good health get to scribble in free verse. It is easy, but often too easy. People don't work very hard to make it beautiful; they just dash it off and move on. When you acquire illnesses and disabilities, you get greater constraints due to fatigue, or challenges in doing things, or depression, etc. Nevertheless, poets with greater constraints can still make beautiful poetry, and that is our situation. We can work within our constraints and find our personal freedom. We have to rework things over and over, fine-tune them, find our freedom within our limitations. 

It isn't easy, but the rewards are sweeter in the end. Hang in there!

[Joe S.]

Self-Pity, we all go through it. Try not to let it overwhelm you as trying to cry can be extremely painful. With the unrelenting pain we have a challenge with depression. For depression we need to see a professional. One clue you may be depressed is when you are watching a comedy and tears are trying to flow out of your eyes with no sign of stopping and no laughter. Yes it does over whelm and once every few months it may sneak up and catch you when you are not ready for it. Some times you can take a weekend off for a planned session. Take care of yourself.

[soycoffee]

Have you ever written poetry? You know how easy it is to write free verse? How much harder to make things rhyme? Harder still to write in iambic pentameter? Then you move on to haiku? Seventeen whole syllables to work with! There can be great beauty and creative freedom in each form of poetry, depending on the skill of the poet. We are poets of our own lives. Some  people  in good health get to scribble in free verse. It is easy, but often too easy. People don't work very hard to make it beautiful; they just dash it off and move on. When you acquire illnesses and disabilities, you get greater constraints due to fatigue, or challenges in doing things, or depression, etc. Nevertheless, poets with greater constraints can still make beautiful poetry, and that is our situation. We can work within our constraints and find our personal freedom. We have to rework things over and over, fine-tune them, find our freedom within our limitations. 

It isn't easy, but the rewards are sweeter in the end. Hang in there!

Thank you very much for your way of expressing what we do with physical challenges. I'm going to print it, and post it on my bulletin board, to remind myself that what I do in meeting challenges has worth, and defines me as a worthwhile person. It will also remind me of my friend who was severely limited by RA from childhood.

All the best,
Soycoffee