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Having to look so deep into what scares me, and then put it into a story has also brought me revelations. Or are they realizations?
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I started thinking about what I would write for this reflection as soon as I turned in my last piece of writing. But whatever thoughts or ideas I had flew out of my mind when my dog, Daisy, died suddenly in the early morning hours of December 4. So this is not a reflection of…
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I am bringing home a powerful elixir. The elixir is something I made. I discovered this elixir through the writing I have done over the past 3 months.The writing opened up my mind, and my heart. It brought me out of darkness and into the light. My elixir is a new attitude, a new perspective.
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I look out on all of my negative emotions, freely moving about, not clinging to me. I am dumbstruck by this apparent detachment. I look down at Annie. Her eyes look at me with longing. I look back at Kermit and agree to let Annie out and let her go.
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When I arrive back home, I want to introduce my family to the rapscallion group of emotions that have been the key disruptors to managing my everyday life. I want my family and friends to know how real and tough they are because they are formidable opponents who will keep on challenging me and knocking…
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I am learning that life is bigger than the daily, often menial, work of my life. MY LIFE means more. I have been in a foggy, often dark place and it took Parkinson’s to make me find the light within me.
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I cannot remain complacent about this apathy that’s been putting a grip on me. This enemy seems invisible but I can see her. “Apathetic Annie”! Contrary to her languorous state of being, she is always running ahead of me to set up yet another blockade that keeps me from participating in my own life.
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I need to break out of this Parkinson’s prison I’m in. Apathy is my prison matron.
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I am struggling daily to get rid of this apathy. Sometimes it feels like I’m just waiting out my time between attacks of this insidious feeling consuming me.
I have Parkinson's. Parkinson's doesn't have me! 