Quote of the Day: Anyone can give up…
Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that’s true strength.- unknown
Last week I received a happy birthday note from a friend who helped take care of me a few months after my last stroke, when I was at my worst. The note couldn’t have come at a better time.
I’ve spent the past couple months in a ton of pain. I hurt my back while working out, messed the muscles up and sent my sciatica into a frenzy. I couldn’t bend for weeks. My cats saw my weakness and took advantage of me. I’m still in pain, but not as bad.
Then last week I fell and all 117 pounds of me landed on my right knee. It’s a mess. More pain. More Tiger Balm. More Tylenol.
All the pain meant little exercise. Without exercise my mood and attitude go downhill. Our bodies were meant to keep moving, not sit dormant at the desk or in a chair watching the boob tube. In this case, with a heating pad, hot water bottle or icy hot patches. I felt like the 2000 year old woman. LOL
Pain is just bloody evil. It’s not so bad for short periods of time, like when trying to eat broccoli without cheese, but when it’s never ending - it weakens both the body and the mind. It’s hard to function after awhile. That’s been me here lately. In short - I’ve been giving up little by little and not realising it.
Not even the chaotic state of my cottage gave me a clue. Nor my poor eating habits of - tea and crackers, tea crackers and pb, tea and pb, tea pb and bread, etc.
Then I got the note. My friend wrote:
“You are my heroine. You put in maximum effort. You are productive and keep yourself up and moving.”
I didn’t feel like I fit any of that when I was reading it, but I knew what she said was true. I do put in maximum effort. I am productive. I do keep myself moving. I needed to be reminded.
There are some things you just can’t do on your own all the time. Sometime you need someone to come along and remind you of who you are and wake you up to what you’re allowing yourself to become. My friend gave me that extra boost I needed to pull myself up by the bootstraps and push on again.
So, here’s our challenge for this week. Pick out one friend and either send them a note, email, or call them and tell them something that you admire about them and how it’s helped you when you needed it in your recovery.
Make it a great day! Never surrender! Never give up!
–Yo
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