This semester is wearing me out, this week has been rough, so I don't have a lot to give you for Sunday Inspiration today. The best I can offer you is this: Don't be afraid to ask for help, don't let your pride get the in way. I've written a few times in the last few months about my decision … [Read more...]
Inspirational Posts
Whether it was a song that inspired me, or a post that someone else shared, or just something random in the world, I hope these posts provide you with a little inspiration.
Sunday Inspiration: When Everything is Going Wrong, Be Thankful
The last thing anyone fighting any chronic illness wants to hear is that someone else has it worse than you do. It really doesn't matter that your illness might not potentially be your cause of death, it has lead to the end of your life (as you know it). Our lives will end dozens (if not hundreds) … [Read more...]
Sunday Inspiration: Is it time to do something different?
Are you bored yet? It's a serious question. I think one true sign of how sick most of us are is that fact that we can continue to stare at the wall and NOT be bored. We really do feel that bad. When I finally started improving almost 3 years ago, friends started asking "So, when are you going to go … [Read more...]
Sunday Inspiration: Dealing with Unsolicited Advice
Living with chronic illness at times feels like you are wearing a sign that reads "Please offer unsolicited advice". Everyone seems to want to give us advice on what we are doing wrong, how we can feel better, etc, and the truth is that most of the time we want to smack them for doing it. Often … [Read more...]
Sunday Inspiration: The Opportunity Costs of Life
Brainless Blogger Nikki made a great point on her blog this last week: "I know there is a price to be paid for everything I do. I have always thought about in terms of cost and benefit terms. There will be consequences but there will be benefits. There have been times were the cost was high but the … [Read more...]
Sunday Inspiration: Stop Ruminating
Rumination is a state that many of us find ourselves in when we are sick. What is rumination? Ruminating a psychological state of focusing on our distress, on the negatives of our situation. Recently one of my favorite authors and bloggers, Toni Bernhard posted a great article about this and about … [Read more...]
Sunday Inspiration: Choose to Be Positive and Grateful
Choose to be positive and grateful The source of this week's inspiration comes from Marc and Angel Hack Life. This is a great blog full of inspiration that you should be reading every day. Their post on 4 Things You Must Give Up to Move Forward contained one particular piece of advice that I … [Read more...]
What is failure?
My inspiration this week came from my friend Jessica at No One Gets Flowers For Chronic Pain and her post on Famous Failures. She shares that she does not agree with the term "failure". We are taught this word at such a young age even before we are given exams and quizzes that are either: pass … [Read more...]
Do you use your illness as an excuse?
I have a confession, I've used my illness as an excuse a time or two. I've said I had a migraine to get out of something or to leave something early. We've had an event or two that neither of us really wanted to attend, so I developed a migraine after we got there to give us an early out. On the … [Read more...]
Sunday Inspiration: Chronic Illness and Friendships
Chronic Marriage is one of my favorite blogs to follow. It's one of only two (that I know of) that focus on what it's like to deal with chronic illness within a marriage. Not long ago she shared a post about "Why Friendships are Important to Your Marriage". There were a couple of statements she made … [Read more...]
