Doom and Gloom: The Rolling Stones
Diagnosed: May 25, 2012 Video: Feb 09, 2023
I try to be a positive person.
I find that the” Always look on the bright side of life” attitude rubs off on others and bounces back to me.
In other words, the attitude that I expose to others, helps to form the attitude that they will then give back to me.
Most days I feel like I succeed, however there are days that I know I also fail.
I recently experienced two consecutive days of ennui.
Two lethargic days of laying around, every joint, knuckle, muscle, hurt. Along with those, I also had no appetite.
I was wallowing around in self pity.
There was nothing my darling wife/caregiver did or said that was having an impact.
In fact it was probably something she didn’t do, that might have benefited me the most.
She often states that “ When it comes to my Parkinson’s she’s like an Ostrich and buries her head in the sand.”
She knows me well and sometimes her being an Ostrich is just what I need!
For as lethargic as I get, she still knows I rarely get depressed.
And as scary as it may seem, sometimes the only company I need is, MYSELF!
So to paraphrase and old saying, ”PARKIE, heal thy self!”
I understand that I can feel depressed without suffering from depression.
Others can not help me, if I am not willing to help myself first!
I Understand that there will be good and bad days.
I Don’t dwell on the bad.
I Use the bad to give me a better understanding of just how GREAT the good days are.
I must Learn to accept my Parkinson’s.
Acceptance is not admitting defeat.
Acceptance is the first step in allowing me to actually have the ability to understand it.
Once I understand it, I can start to be comfortable with it!
For….
How can I expect others to be comfortable around my Parkinson’s, if I myself am not comfortable with it?
Try and limit my Self Pity.
Self pity destroys everything around it, but itself.
Want a guarantee for success? Stop feeling sorry for myself.
Will there be set backs? Of course!
However as in everything in life, Parkinson’s included, I must…
Stop wishing and start doing!
Hope, Is not a strategy!
As my old Pappi use to say” Spit in one hand, wish in the other see what one fills up first.”
The DOING is where I will find happiness!
Todays Canada Trail Challenge walked 7.8 km
A beautiful spring day so these are pictures of me doing things I hope to continue to attempt and try once more…
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