You know what I'm struggling with? Hurting other people with the news of my diagnosis. It saddens me to see the look on their face, or the tears in their eyes after we speak. I know that it's a lot to swallow, however, I'm going to be okay! Maybe it's because for one reason or another, I know that I'm going to be okay, and they don't. You see, I'm not planning on going anywhere any time soon. God has other things planned for me and this is just a mere bump in the road. Okay fine, it's bigger than a bump, but still...I'm going to be okay.
And the other thing that I'm struggling with today is negative vibes. It's amazing, but almost from the minute I was diagnosed (the first time), I've been trying to think positive. Laura, my good friend and co-worker, told me from the start to stop the negative, and to just think positive. She told me a story of how they've used placebo drugs in the case of a couple patients who were undergoing knee reconstruction. The doctors & surgeons informed the families of the patients and so they were aware of it from the start. They never actually performed the surgery. They made the patients believe that they had been operated on, and even underwent some physical therapy afterwards. The patients truly believed that they were getting better and soon afterwards had full recovery. They never even had surgery!! And they never had the drugs, it was all placebo. The mind is an INCREDIBLE tool, we just need to know how to use it to our advantage!! When I hear people walking around complaining about the simplest of things, or when I know they have it in them to overcome something yet they choose to give up so easily, I want to shout out to them that THEY CAN DO IT!!
Together, we can overcome anything!! All we have to do is BELIEVE!! Today I choose to believe ♥. Thank you Laura for that story of inspiration. On that same note, I definitely don't want to forget my biggest fan, my brother-in-law Bob. Bob has texted, emailed me or sent me messages daily on facebook. Bob is absolutely my hero. He's not going to like me shouting out to him like this, but heck, I love him so much and I don't care if the world knows!!
Thank you everyone for another wonderful day!! Thank you God for keeping me around ♥
Genie
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Sweetheart, sometimes I read and hear you talk and I wonder who you are and what did you do with MY Genie. You and I had spoken so many times about the power of positive thinking and making the glass half full. You often struggled with this. It is nice to see that you seem like you have bought in!. As for other people, the heck with them.
ReplyDeleteThank you honey, I'm glad you're noticing :) Yes, you're absolutely right, I have not always been positive. As a matter of fact, I was negative so much that at first it was a struggle to even THINK about being positive. Now, it's a regular way of life and I feel bad if I react out of old habits. I love you and thank you for keeping me on track.
ReplyDeleteThe mind is a powerful aspect of our being. It is not separate from our physical being at all, as once thought, but is an integral part of the whole of what, who, where, when and why WE are. Contemplating the power of the all is always a worthwhile endeavor, especially now, Genie.
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