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love this!!! I was planning on writing a blog like this but you beat me to it!
Beautiful and so, so true!
You are an amazing blogger and this is an amazing post! if i could be half the blogger you are one day i would be so so happy with myself. You are so inspirational!
Thank you for wit and light language on such a heavy subject.
I tried to muse myself when 50 hit me before I hit 50–but now that I’ve settled in to 60 I stare at my recliner raised toes and its not amusing:( Pedi’s used to be for the painting of my pretty toes and the much needed removal of calluses that I earned walking miles in the Mall with my job as a Rep. No calluses now…my feet do not walk much. My knees are the boss and they answer to RAD. My toes, well its hard to accept but they bare bending to the onslaught of Rheumatoid malaise and I now go for pedis just for the chair and foot massage. But please MUSE on–we need to rise above and the power of words to elevate are immeasurable!!! Blessings!!
You’ve done it again! Another great analysis of how one feels when they’re “different” and the totally right conclusion of what matters in living a life – not appearances.
This muse sums up my constant dilemma when I am talking to a friend with an autistic son. She prefers the word sickness to disease but I feel that neither one is correct. He is not sick, he is autistic, he is challenged in his day to day activities,but challenged isn’t right either. Maybe we need another Shakespeare to appear and write a play using an invented word for it.
I LOVED your latest post! Thoughtful and philosophical, it was one of your best yet. Congrats!
Hi Pam. Great way to put it in words. To bad the whole world didn’t get to read and UNDERSTAND your words. Keep up the great work. Thanks.
“Our true beauty resides beneath the skin in how we open our hearts to life and share our souls with others.” – This is a generous law of nature, the more you give the more you receive.
Another fantastic and thought-provoking read Pam! And one in which we can all relate – language, and especially language regarding health and illness can as you said take us out of ‘normalcy’, and thus making us feel abnormal. When I did my psychology degree, the clinical psychology module was labelled ‘abnormal psychology’ which I always thought was wrong and stigmatising towards those with mental illnesses – they are not abnormal of course, there brains just happen to be wired differently, or their brain chemicals are all out of whack! Apart from that, they are just like everyone else; like all those with disabilities are just like everyone else, except with certain difficulties and life challenges.
Thank you for sharing and putting the spotlight on the language and its negative effects for certain groups in society.
I agree. You can’t always judge a book by it’s cover. Those of us with chronic illness are much more than a disease.
Thanks for sharing . All of us with Dystonia wonder how we came to be with this dis ease. But we have to see the beauty God has inside of us, no matter how imperfect we are. God loves us in spite of our imperfections. You my dear are truly blessed. Love your daily chronicles.