This will be my fourth post since I was nominated by
Health , it not one of the things you think about when you are at 100% healthy or 25 years old . But when you have problems with your health it's a life changing experience . It's not something I discuss and a subject I avoid . But being that we can keep it between ourselves I will discuss it .
Some of you already know but most do not . I am 100% DAV (Disabled Vet) . The list of Diagnosis is long and distinguished . :) I will not get into the specifics . I spend at a minimum of one day a week at the hospital . On a good week . I have , I should say we have learned and are learning to live with it . I am doing better then some and worse than others .
I know so many that are worse than I . Some I would love to visit and have a face to face conversation with . They inspire me in so many ways . I understand and have gone and going through some of the same things that they are going through . I feel the pain , the hardships and the feeling of helplessness that they encounter . I understand it in a deep maner . I have seen death , participated in it and I can tell you that there is no dignity in it .
We will all die . No one can avoid it or exempt from it . It is a small part of who we are , Just a glimpse , a blink of the eye when we compare it to our life . Our life , how we lived it , how we loved and conducted yourself toward others . That is who you are , what you are . We can live forever in the heart and memories of those we leave behind .
By now you are wondering what this has to do with what I am grateful for . Let me tell you .
I have lived a good life . Not one without hardships . But a full life . A happy life that I got to share with family and friends . A life full of laughter and yes some tears . Are there things I wish I had done differently , of course . I am only human . Although I did fly through the air like Ironman . I don't remember hitting the ground but I did fly. LOL
My point to all of this when you look back did you have a good life . One that enriched others . Or one that you have enriched yourself at every opportunity . What will others say about you ? Will you be worth a conversation ? That's what it will all boil down to when that day comes . Then and only then will you have a little just a little dignity in those days to come if you did it right . I know many that did it right and I will keep them with me .
I am grateful for the opportunities that I have had. The good people that have crossed my path. For the life I have been given .
The rules are as follows:
Write a post about something you have to be positive about today - this could be anything from being thankful for your current situation, someone being nice to you, being thankful for your friends and family, etc.
Do this for 7 days in a row if you get nominated
Mention three people who should do this on each day.
Tag it with #7daypositivitychallenge and include these rules at the bottom of your post
Include a picture of something positive.
Today I am nominating : because they inspire me 馃槉
