Sunday, September 20, 2009

Finding your Happy Place

I have so much to be happy about. The season is changing into fall (which just so happens to be my favorite one),some of my dear friends are moving here from back East (and are staying with us right now). I have a wonderful family, good friends, a job, a nice home... and yet today I struggled to find my Happy Place. Why?

Well, a few days ago I put a couple of ribs out, just because I used the roller and tried to help my daughter paint her room. ( I know that doesn't sound like much but welcome to my fragile body!)  After struggling with the pain for a few days, I finally got to the chiropractor and he adjusted it for me. How nice it was to be able to turn my neck without pain and also being able to take a deep  breath without pain ...is a good thing. For 2 days I was getting better until I lifted something that I shouldn't have yesterday and now I am back in a lot of pain again. Once again I went back to the Chiropractor this morning and got adjusted and tried all day to rest so that the ribs don't come out again. It has been a tough day and the pain has worn me down. I have tried to put up a good front and have a happy day but I am really hurting. So I will leave you with a couple of good quotes and one of my daughter's inspirational photo cards.  I will  just check this day off, as one of those BIGGER THAN ME DAYS! I sure hope tonight I can sleep and tomorrow is a better day. Good night dear friends!

"YOU HAVE TO HAVE FAITH THAT THERE IS A REASON YOU GO THROUHG CERTAIN THINGS.  I CAN'T SAY I'M GLAD TO GO THROUGH PAIN, BUT IN A WAY ONE MUST, IN ORDER TO GAIN COURAGE AND REALLY FEEL JOY."       ~ Carol Burnett

"THE HUMAN SPIRIT CANNOT BE PARALYZED. IF YOU ARE BREATHING, YOU CAN DREAM."  ~ Mike Brown

"IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERY DIFFICULTY LIES OPPORTUNITY"  ~ Albert Einstein

"GREAT OCCASIONS DO NOT MAKE HEROS OR COWARDS; THEY SIMPLY UNVEIL THEM TO THE EYES OF MEN. SILENTLY AND IMPERCEPTIBLY, AS WE WAKE OR SLEEP, WE GROW STRONG OR WEAK; AND AT LAST SOME CRISIS SHOWS WHAT WE HAVE BECOME."  ~ Brooke Foss Westcott

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