by Kate | Jun 15, 2012 | chronic illness, Disability, kind promises, monsters, Surrender
Kind Promise: I will be tender with weaknesses. “For every ailment under the sun There is a remedy or there is none If there be one, then seek and find it If there be none, then never mind it.” — Mother Goose ...
by Kate | Jun 8, 2012 | Disability, kind promises, meditation, Surrender
Kind promise: I will be tender with weakness. Wednesday I had computer problems. While I could read e-mail, I couldn’t respond to it or use my assistive software to do any typing. Visiting new websites wasn’t working well. I was very frustrated. I spend...
by Kate | Jun 1, 2012 | chronic illness, Disability, Forgiveness, kind promises, Surrender
Kind promise: I will be tender with weakness. Guess what? Weakness is not a topic our culture embraces. It is something we want to move through and get over. I was looking for quotes to enrich my thinking on this topic and it was difficult to find gentle responses to...
by Kate | Apr 13, 2012 | chronic illness, Disability, kind promises, mindfulness
“I embrace this moment” is a wonderful idea, but I’m having trouble with the implementation. I spend much of my time planning for the future and, considering the circumstances of my life right now, that makes sense. My husband just got a new job, my...
by Kate | Mar 30, 2012 | chronic illness, Creativity, Disability, Forgiveness, kind promises, Transformation
When I first began walking with a cane, I would watch others with a real sense of witnessing a miracle. My ankle joint no longer worked (“drop foot”) and I used the cane to steady my uneven gait. Other people were able to lift their foot completely off the...
by Kate | Mar 16, 2012 | Disability, monsters, Transformation
If I am going to reinvent a part of my life it means being willing to move into Serenity Prayer territory. Quick Review: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know...
