Thanks all for the kind words! Hugs! Michelle
Wow thanks for these words. I really needed them cause I am in hospital now, recovering from huge flareup… Thank you, I’m doing the best I can each day and that should be enough. That IS enough. Thank god there are people like you
that is so true!
i find it so hard at times when i hear my 86 yr old mother out doing more chores than i can do!!
but it is step at a time...like the moon, tides etc...comes and goes..but it comes back ..that is what to
remember..
for everyone, life is this, up and downs
so when good really remember to enjoy it and appreciate it!!
I can not agree with you more. Having a pitty party only makes matters worse. Positive thinking is what it is all about. Don't focus on what you can not do, but rather focus on what you are able to do.
But if you are having a bad day....it is okay...just try to either accept the mood or hopefully change it by maybe reading such things as above.
I know when i do have bad day and i feel sorry that i cannot do more...pity party in my mind, it can roll into something bigger and greater than it was...what helps is to read positive stories, statements by others or from those even worse off than i am. Sappy tear jerker movie for example or Book!!
but first just say, okay, you been given a bum deal..have a good cry and lets move on if you can...hopefully you can..sometimes just must wait till next day!
Well said!
Thinking about reflecting on the aches and pains I am reminded of the song "Smile". When I am down and feeling bad I listen to that song sung by Nat King Cole. It goes something like. "Smile though your heart is aching, smile even though it's breaking, when there are clouds in the sky you'll get by. If you smile through your fear and sorrow, Smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see the sun coming shinning through for you. Light up your face with gladness, hide every trace of sadness, although a tear maybe ever so near., That's time you must keep on trying, Smile, what's the use of crying. You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile" This song as gotten me through many a sad days.
Thanks for the great posting!
Thank you for sharing this. This is so important to remember.
This is amazing and it’s exactly what I needed to hear when I read it!! Its been a really hard weed and I was getting pretty down. So thank you and keep the inspiration going its what we all need! Thanks again!!
Thank you for those beautiful words, they came at the the right time! They have lifted me up!
Hugs!
Bless you.
Krista Clark said:
This is amazing and it's exactly what I needed to hear when I read it!! Its been a really hard weed and I was getting pretty down. So thank you and keep the inspiration going its what we all need! Thanks again!!
Thank you for this! It’s beautiful and I’m going to print it out and carry it with me; I have had fibromyalgia for 21 years and often forget how far I’ve come.
Beautiful thoughts put into beautiful words. Sometimes words are more healing than the best medicine that we have and more powerful than the worst diseases that we face.
Glenn Parris,
That is so true.
Glenn Parris said:
Beautiful thoughts put into beautiful words. Sometimes words are more healing than the best medicine that we have and more powerful than the worst diseases that we face.
I needed this today. Today is a bad day and I'm having a pity party. Time to reflect.
speaking of songs, i like leonard Cohen's Hallelujah ...just something about it always makes me feel better, hopeful. I like how he sings it but many other singers have done a great job of it as well. Think first time i heard it was ER episode where Anthony Edward's last show...believe he dies in it from his brain tumor. here is bon jovi's version if anyone like to hear it or is not sure of name...though i believe most people have heard it by now...many sing it even better this just has lyrics as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWgFexrNwq8
Nat King Cole ...i really like that song too....as well as many of this others. Just remembering him and this other singer in Cat Ballou can make me smile....was just a fun western..with a drunk horse in it...how that got that horse to lean against the wall is beyond me!!
Peggy said:
Thinking about reflecting on the aches and pains I am reminded of the song "Smile". When I am down and feeling bad I listen to that song sung by Nat King Cole. It goes something like. "Smile though your heart is aching, smile even though it's breaking, when there are clouds in the sky you'll get by. If you smile through your fear and sorrow, Smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see the sun coming shinning through for you. Light up your face with gladness, hide every trace of sadness, although a tear maybe ever so near., That's time you must keep on trying, Smile, what's the use of crying. You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile" This song as gotten me through many a sad days.
Very good points, excellent pick me up today! Thank you so much for reminding me that pacing yourself is the key to my success! Hugs to you!
Amazing... and exactly what I needed today.
Thank you.
Hello,
I have also been doing a lot of reflecting lately, and have discovered that I have had this condition my entire life, but was only diagnosed in 2000-2001. However, I was diagnosed with anemia at age 16. That being said, I guess I don't miss the "active" lifestyle that everyone else lists, because I have just always felt this way. It's a normal for me, but I have definitely noticed an increase in my symptoms as I get older. I can say that I started out on prescription meds, but seeing the side effects, and I already have enough symptoms, I decided to try approaching this naturally through diet, and otc supplements. I must say that I have had fairly good results. I have altered my diet, and make certain that I get all my vitamins in to maintain my immune system. While my symptoms are most definitely not gone and I struggle with fatigue, I am still currently able to work full time (although for how much longer is uncertain) - I have my energy timed out every day (due to time I take my iron and B12, then I have about 12 hours worth of energy).
What everyone here says is true...whatever you can do is what you can do - don't feel bad, and don't let others make you feel guilty. They don't have your condition and it's difficult for them to understand what you really feel like. I grew up being told that I needed to get in shape, quit being lazy, stop being clumsy, I slept too much....blah blah blah. Nevermind the emotional part...I am hypersensitive to light, sound, touch, temperature, smells. I was constantly told that I needed to "toughen up" because I was too sensitive. How the heck do you do that? I honestly thought I was crazy because I couldn't do what everyone else could, and there was no explanation for it, because Fibro was still very new and most people (doctors) thought it was a psychosomatic thing.
Keep your chin up, and all of us here are here to support each other :)