This was supposed to be ready for the first Monday of the year; but it was still percolating. See, I'm taking this year week by week.photo credit: Me at the 2008 Philadelphia Flower Show, take by R (my loving husband)
19 January, 2009
New Year, New Week, New Post
In years past I have made New Year's Resolutions; they were broad and vague and usually forgotten by the end of January. But this year is different, this year I vow to make no New Year's Resolutions. I vow to take life month by month, week by week and day by day. I have places where I would like to be in a year and in five years. But as life so frequently needs us to be, I will be flexible and reevaluate my time frames and check lists. My hope is that in being a little bit more Organic in how I style my life, my lifestyle will follow suit. And that with some meditation, a little bit of prayer, and a lot of work, I will be able to meet my goals for this year.
This was supposed to be ready for the first Monday of the year; but it was still percolating. See, I'm taking this year week by week.
photo credit: Me at the 2008 Philadelphia Flower Show, take by R (my loving husband)
This was supposed to be ready for the first Monday of the year; but it was still percolating. See, I'm taking this year week by week.photo credit: Me at the 2008 Philadelphia Flower Show, take by R (my loving husband)
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3 comments:
Hi, just discovered your blog. Sorry to hear you have health issues,I have FM too - not much fun is it? I'm lucky that mine isn't too bad.
I'll look forward to visiting you again and looking through some of your past posts.
Take care,
Janet (England, UK)
Hello. I notice that you head your blog "a sick girl" and I wonder if therein lies a good deal of your problems.
I too have many health issues (not only fibromyalgia but other truly debilitating problems) and I don't label myself as 'sick'. Yes I have many problems and life gets hard but they are bodily problems -my mind is healthy. I remain optimistic and have a hopeful and thankful outlook on life. Thankful because however bad I am feeling these are not terminal illnesses - you only need to be in the company of someone worse off than yourself to have your own problems put into perspective.
One thing I would do is change your header - saying you are a sick girl immediately show you to be someone who is dwelling on their illness, even to the extent that you are revelling in it. Sure, life is hard when you have problems but you should look at the bigger picture - you don't have a terminal illness, you get by with less pain than some people have to endure. Try not to be so inward looking and enjoying being sick and I can assure you that people will begin to treat you differently - as a whole person, not someone who classes themselves as 'sick'.
It is easy to fall into the trap of being a 'sick' person, almost to the extent of wallowing in your 'sick' state. I hope this advice will help you and perhaps you could leave a comment in this section about your reaction to these comments.
Melanie
I didn't write down any resolutions this year. Perhaps I should have. The only time I can remember doing it, I looked at the list the next year and realized I had kept them all! Keep praying!!
That is a lovely picture of you.
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