So, today Ethan suggested another song to me. Shocker, right? I swear that kid has the best taste in music.
Anyways, it's a song called "Overcome" by New Politics, and it really got me thinking.
Anyways, it's a song called "Overcome" by New Politics, and it really got me thinking.
As most of my followers are fellow chronic illness fighters, the majority of you know how hard it is to overcome your illness. How hard the fight to be healthy truly becomes.
But, why do we fight so hard? It's killing us.
Most of us know by now that the chance of us ever being the stereotypical "healthy" is way out of reach for us. For most of us, the diseases we fight are lifelong battles.
A lot of these things may come and go. Some years will be worse than others, some years we may feel we're going into remission, but the fight won't stop there.
I really do hope that one day I'll have a cure... or something that totally reverses my disorder. Maybe someone will create a new cream, or a research scientist will find the true cause behind invisible illnesses across the board.
My hope is that one day, we'll all be pain free, fatigue free, even brain f.. what's that called again? ;] Even free of that.
What's scary, though, is that this may not be until we're all having a spoonie party up in heaven.
But I'm kind of OK with that today.
Because, I'm lucky enough to have this unique experience on earth. I have had the chance to connect with people all over the USA, and even all over the world. I've Tweeted them, Facebook'd them, chatted with them... even texted with some. I would have never had this opportunity had I not gotten sick.
I wouldn't have met Abby, the fighter, or Jenna my favorite hunter, or Natalie who's looking at going to the same college I'll be at. I would have met, but wouldn't have talked to Ethan, my music guy. So many of my dearest friends, I wouldn't be as close to without this experience.
So, for today, I say thank you to RSD/CRPS and Fibro.. Thank you for coming into my life, and for making it as crazy as it is. Thank you for helping me to find solace in music, and for helping shape who I am today.
I say it a lot, but I don't know how long I'll have this illness and pain. I don't know minute to minute how severe the pain will be. What I do know, is that together, as a spoonie community, we can overcome.
Maybe not all of the pain, or fatigue, or brain fog.
But, together, we can fight these sicknesses and all the negatives they cause us.
My prayer for you today, is that you continue the fight. The fight against these illnesses that wreak havoc on our lives. Don't give up. Hold on, pain ends. I can't promise that we will get better.. But I CAN promise, that
"If we unite as one, everything is possible."