I woke up with a cold. Before LWL this would have sent me into a tailspin. I can handle tragic events and life-threatening illness, but if I get a cold, f'get about it! I feel like I'm doomed. Seriously, having a cold or the flu scares the mucus out of me!
Or it did.
But my son just called to see how I was feeling, and I realized that I JUST feel Sick and not Doomed!!!
The Enemy, or the the Liar or the Evil Chi can play a lot of mean tricks on us when we are isolated, can make us believe that the twisted thought patterns splayed on the walls around us are real.
But here comes the little blue-white light of a computer screen: the doorway to an entire community of people who have gahtererd to share good news, offer support and comfort and share information, ideas, offer up prayers, and just be there for us in the middle of the night or day when pain or worry keeps us from sleeping.
Ha! The Liar is shrinking down to its actual size, which is diminishing as we speak.
I would love to hear how LWL has begun to make a difference in your life. Even if you just joined today, I bet you can already feel a little stirring, a little something new fluttering in your heart of hearts. Feel it: (hope...hope...hope...hope)
So true Janice. We find strength in this community and hope and we can also find friends. Since, joining this community, I can talk about Lupus without crying, and feeling pitiful about my life. I take everyday as it comes and appreciate my health when I am without flare and still appreciate life, with flare.
Living with Lupus (LWL) is just that... Living, we are all proof that we can LIVE and do things with Lupus.
So true Janice. We find strength in this community and hope and we can also find friends. Since, joining this community, I can talk about Lupus without crying, and feeling pitiful about my life. I take everyday as it comes and appreciate my health when I am without flare and still appreciate life, with flare.
Living with Lupus (LWL) is just that... Living, we are all proof that we can LIVE and do things with Lupus.
Janice I have been reading Lisa Copen's Wny Can't I Make People Understand? Discovering the Validation that Those With Chronic Illness Need and Why. I find the contents of the book surprising and I want to answer your question after a thoughtful reflection on this reading. But wonders will never cease and as the clock approaches midnight, I cannot keep my eyes open. So please do not worry about me, I am just going to sleep. And I have read your question and giving it serious thought.
Good luck with that cold. I do not get them very often, but the last time I did I remember being absolutely certain that death had come for me. Take care of yourself and I will write to you tomorrow.