To those not living with a chronic illness
Whoever you are, I fear you will never learn the injustices people living with a chronic illness endure all because they are facing the unknown and the unseen as their body is destroying itself from the inside out.
I fear the gifts and strengths a disabled person carries within them will be dulled before they are able to share them with those who need them the most.
I fear you will cease to help a disabled patient in need because your own life is more important than the needed medical equipment, meds and even vitamins or supplements that would greatly benefit their lives.
I fear you will never know what it’s like to be disabled, abandoned, homebound, and not believed when sharing their troubles with those closest to them who should be their support…but aren’t.
I fear you may fail to see the worth of the disabled because it’s not a popular thing to do and it disrupts your day too much.
There’s nothing I can do to wake people up. Many won’t read this and others will simply discount it as nonsense, but one thing I know is that regardless of what troubles happen in my own life, whatever disabling symptoms arise and consume my day, I won’t quit. I refuse.
1. Simplify your life.
I really needed this reminder today. I shared it to my Facebook and asked that people try just a little to understand the absolute constant, crushing anxiety we live with everyday. Thank you for this.
Thank you Sarah. xoxo
Thank you so much for sharing this Penelope 🙂 I absolutely love It!!! 🙂 People just don’t understand NS at all… My own husband of 30 years… I feel that I’m a bother to him!!! I will not quit ever!!! I refuse!!!
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