Joy
Journey
Find the
in the
I choose to dwell on the things I am grateful for and I
notice that while I feel grateful I do not feel fearful.
- Amanda Grobbelaar -
L
IFE is not for the faint at heart and
for many, life is not a journey, it is an obstacle
course.
of my body to a point where everything shuts
down. It can happen slowly and gradually or it
can literally happen overnight.
“Goliath” can come in so many different shapes
and sizes and how we deal with our “Goliath”
will be personal and based on individual frames
of reference.
I was only 42 years old, happily married with two
teenage children when I got this news, so obviously I was faced with a huge dilemma: Was I going to stand on the pavement, for the rest of my
days, waiting for the bus to hit, or was I going to
live my best life now, despite my circumstances?
I guess the ultimate challenge was: How on earth
am I going to find joy in this journey?
In 2011, about 3 1⁄2 years ago, I was told that I
have Multiple Sclerosis. Nobody can sugarcoat
MS. It is a very cruel medical condition for which
there is currently no cure. My immune system
betrayed me. Instead of protecting me, my immune system can at any time turn on me and try
to attack and destroy my brain, my spinal cord
and my optic nerves.
MS has the potential to completely cut off all
communication between my brain and the rest
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Most importantly I acknowledged the power of
positive thinking and I deliberately took every
thought captive as per Roman 12’s instruction to
“renew our minds”.
I do not have the luxury to dwell on the “what
ifs” of life, because the possibilities for someone