On the third Friday of each month, you will see thoughtful or funny material, quizzes, or fill-ins, maybe even surveys. Lightweight, fun matters. Put us on your calendar to follow and enjoy today’s assortment of quotes.
“You make a life out of what you have, not what you’re missing.”
Kate Morton
“Accepting change is necessary for coping with chronic pain.” 2
Tom Seaman*
“I didn’t sign up for this!”
Connected Carole
“Life is about moving on, accepting changes and looking forward to what makes you stronger and more complete.”
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“I understand now that I’m not a mess but a deeply feeling person in a messy world. I explained that now, when someone asks me why I cry so often, I say, ‘For the same reason I laugh so often – because I’m paying attention.’”
Glennon Doyle Melton
“This attitude that we already had stood us in good stead when things got bad.”
Connected Carole
“I don’t want sympathy. I don’t want people to feel sad. I just need to express the exhaustion I feel living with an unrelenting, cruel and downright disgusting disease.”
Sam Moss***
“Fog shrouded everything that morning as we traveled home. What a gloomy day! Then welcome rays of sunshine peeked through the thinning fog. As we drove on, the fog further dissipated, revealing a sky full of clouds. Beautiful clouds. Some white and fluffy. Others dark and ominous. The more the fog disappeared, the more clouds and even patches of blue sky showed. What a welcome sight that was! Fewer clouds and more blue sky appeared—except for the rain that showered us for a while. Looking across the valley, I observed thick clouds against the mountains, with forests both below and above them. Then I realized the people on the ground below the clouds could only see a dark day.”
Connected Carole
“This is a quote from a hematologist who understands chronic pain better than most doctors and specialists: ‘Chronic pain patients hide it so well, you can’t go by how they look on the outside. They have to learn how to function with pain, you can’t just roll around on the floor all day screaming in agony. Medical personnel and hospitals don’t even realize this. A chronic pain patient can function with the pain level that would incapacitate any other person.’”
(No attribution, so I can’t say this is true but it sure describes us!)
“Invalid ≠ not valid”
Connected Carole
“The thorn of chronic illness casts out everything we once defined as normal. We feel lonely and confused, but perhaps most of all, misunderstood.
“We feel like shells of our former selves. We have the same dreams and goals, but we can hardly get out of bed.
“All the stubbornness and self-confidence we possess that always worked for us in the past isn’t making the pain go away.”
Lisa Copen. “Why Can’t I Make People Understand? Discovering the Validation Those with Chronic Illness Seek and Why.”
“Each day is a new battle to say yes to what matters and say no to what doesn’t. Focus is a practice.”
James Clear
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***Sam Moss
