Our differences sometimes make agreement difficult to achieve. But our differences should never make us feel wrong, nor lead us to believe that what others believe is wrong. Open your heart. Be willing to embrace different points of view, different habits, different opinions and the differences that exist between yourself and others. — Iyanla Vanzant
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If we approach the hardships in our life with a great attitude and vulnerability to allow others around us inside our lives to help us in our times of need. Having friends to support you can help the way we handle ourselves through these challenges and can make a difference during those times. We all need help when times get hard. It's not what I went to school for, but I love helping others and inspiring people through my words. Thank you for supporting me. ♥
If you’re going to keep moving forward, you’ve got to have a strong will. Rise up and say, I know what’s in my future is greater than what’s in my past, so I am pressing forward in life. — Joel Osteen
Self-doubts, feeling unworthy, rejection, and past injuries can churn in us with a low-boil of anxiety. Who would you be without your self-judgments and the baggage of your past mistakes in tow with you at all times? Learning your lesson from a mistake is healthy, but living forever in the emotions of your past mistakes is toxic and debilitating. The problem with traumatic, high-stress experiences is that they often create negative beliefs about oneself such as being powerless, unlovable, undeserving, unsafe and that things are unchangeable. Sometimes we resist letting go because we just can’t see a way to move forward — believing things can never change for someone as unworthy as us. Be careful not to identify yourself with your past — you have a past, but it is not who you are today.
— Bryant McGill
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This year I have realized more about TRUE gifts that you can’t buy; something that can make life that much better. Other than your family, it is knowing that someone thinks about you just as much as you do them. Its not about anything else but how much they are always there; just to say, ”I love you”. Life is busy and through you want to talk to someone everyday its not always easy t let loved ones know what they are loved and special every day. But it’s so needed!
One of the greatest blessings in life is to find out who your true friends really are. Don’t mourn for those who weren’t there for you in your time of need and don’t fault them. Be grateful that you’ve learned who really cares so that you can free yourself and your life from those who don’t; and fill your life with those who do. -oksana
Being disabled to me is apart of what makes me who I am. I was born with CP, so I know there are going to be people who can’t see passed it, I understand that. But when I go out and someone who see me; than acts like I am amazing just because I have cerebral palsy before getting to know me, it’s a little crazy! Just because my life is a little different or harder doesn’t mean I am ”a hero” yes it can be harder than someone doesn’t have a disability but get to know me someone who has a disability, before you think they are amazing. For me it’s not a big deal its part of my life, I can imagine for someone who could walk and now can’t it may be a while before they are comfortable with their new life. Being different or disabled can be hard at times but who’s life is easy all the time! My disability doesn’t mean I am amazing just because I am different, get to know who I am being you think you know that I’m or anyone who is disabled.
Who you are is unique to all other consciousnesses that have ever lived on earth, or that shall ever live on earth. Relish with joy in the great gift of life, and in who you are. Be true to yourself. Dare to live as you really are, and never audit yourself, or bend, or lie, or be ashamed, or hide from who you really are. Your value comes exclusively from who you are as a unique soul. Be proud of who you are, and have no other needs or considerations, other than the joy that you have air in your lungs, and eyes to witness your own unique life as it unfolds. Life is a beautiful gift. You are a beautiful gift. Live the inner-life, have a smile in your heart, and know that the greatest purpose that you will ever have is simply daring to be yourself.— Bryant McGill
I read this saying and it helps me to be sure that what I’ve always said, we all are different. But that is what makes us unique and a gift.
The storm is out there, and every one of us must eventually face it. When the storm comes, pray that it will shake you to your roots and break you wide open. Being broken open by the storm is your only hope. When you are broken open, you have a chance to discover for the first time what is truly inside you. Some people never get to see what is inside them; what beauty, what strength, what truth and love. They were never broken open by the storm. So, don’t run from your pain — run into your pain. Let life’s storm shatter you.
— Bryant McGil
If you want to know me, look inside your heart. — Lao Tzu
In a world that wants you to be something else, simply have the courage to be beautiful, and let your heart’s unbridled truth flow and move upon each person you encounter. In one transformative quickening, you are freed from the tyranny of self-doubts, simply by seeing and acknowledging the treasure of your own soul. When you truly see yourself, it will be love at first sight. You are such fineness. There is such quality in your life. No substitute can ever compete with your matchless qualities. Every peace of mind you ever sought begins by forgiving yourself and loving yourself. It all starts with the way you see yourself. If you cannot see your own beauty, then you are not looking with honest eyes. If your life is not a love story, then you are not living the life meant for you.
— Bryant McGill
Technology has helped the disability community.
I have just started using a smart phone with the help from my power chair, with special buttons and my joystick I am finally able to use something I thought I would never use! My movements are so hard/crazy that I couldn’t use it; I would press all the buttons, everything I don’t want to press. Now because of the new technology a phone can be use by a power wheelchair, it helps someone who has a disability use something that without that we could not. I know for me having a smart phone has been a great thing to help me become more independent, I have a harder time being understood, now I can use the note book on the phone to help people understand me. I know technology has helped everyone. But for the disability community technology has his our lifes a little easier.
Happiness comes from within. It is not dependent on external things or on other people. You become vulnerable and can be easily hurt when your feelings of security and happiness depend on the behavior and actions of other people. Never give your power to anyone else. — Brian Weiss
Each person was meant to blossom into their own unique signature of greatness. Not being great is a form of extreme arrogance. If you were genuinely humble you would be great, because humility would never squander the magnificent gift of life and its fullest opportunities. It takes humility to accept responsibility for the mantle of greatness in your birthright and to become all you can be in life. Real humility is graceful power, not a mandate to be victimized and abused. If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you. A humble person would not put themselves last by not taking care of themselves, because that would be treating your sacred life poorly and carelessly — which is arrogant to life, not humble. Maybe you aren’t humble at all; maybe you are self-suppressed and don’t know it. Have you been playing the role of a victim long after your negative experience? If so, stop! Quit pretending to be a victim when you are really just a self-abusing, emotional-drama junkie. If you are guilty of this then stop-it now! It seems that some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix. Don’t be that person. A person who is humble would never be abusive or selfish; so don’t abuse yourself or selfishly withhold self-love or self-care. You are the first person you should treat with humility. Respect yourself; gather your strength and let it overflow to others.
— Bryant McGill
Information on suicide
Many of these types of comments come from stigmatizing beliefs around suicide and we can all do our bit to help educate others on how hurtful and judgemental these kinds of comments truly are. Whether for those bereaved by suicide already deep in grief, or for attempt survivors who thankfully remain alive and also those struggling with suicidal thoughts – it is hurtful not helpful.
Getting correct information on suicide is essential. Knowing the signs, what to do, what NOT to do – truly make a difference!
Please read these 4 resources to help get better informed on suicide:
1. Helpguide.org – “How to Help Someone who is Suicidal”: http://www.helpguide.org/…/suicide-prevention-helping-someo…
2. (WARNING: There is nothing graphic included but describes the decline toward suicide which may be triggering for some)
The Suicidal Trance – Alliance of Hope by Richard Heckler http://www.allianceofhope.org/…/richard-heckler-on-the-suic…. You can get an e-book of Waking Up, Alive the book which this excerpt was taken from on their FB page.
3. Suicide.org “Suicide is NOT a Selfish Act – It is an Act of Desperation by Someone in Intense Pain” http://www.suicide.org/suicide-is-not-a-selfish-act.html
4. Speaking of Suicide – 10 Things Not to Say to a Suicidal Person http://www.speakingofsuicide.com/2015/03/03/what-not-to-say/
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* Always take any direct threat of suicide or a suicidal content comment seriously. *
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS SUICIDAL – CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE LINKS IMMEDIATELY
CANADA – http://suicideprevention.ca/thinking-…/find-a-crisis-centre/ – select province/territory
U.S. – NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE 1-800-273-8255 (www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org)
WORLDWIDE – http://www.befrienders.org – enter country in search box at top of page
ONLINE SUPPORT: http://www.unsuicide.wikispaces.com/Online+Suicide+Help
Learn to minimize your fear and to embrace disappointment as cheerfully and positively as possible. Count on people to fail you. Plan on people never coming through. You are going to have to fight your way through all on your own. One thing you can count on is people not showing up when you need them. Don’t look at people’s unreliability pessimistically, just vow to never be like them yourself. If you build people’s failures into your success strategy, you will not be caught off guard by surprises. And, when and if someone ever comes through, you can rejoice in the rare blessing of that event! Be continually surprised by people, rather than being continually let down.
— Bryant McGill
Imagination is your greatest gift. Do not be afraid to use it. Imagine yourself as being okay right now. Totally okay. Imagine yourself as Whole, Complete, and Perfect. With nothing to change, nothing to improve. Can you imagine this? — Neale Donald Walsch
Some people cannot love you the way you want to be loved because they are emotionally and spiritually frozen. They recoil from or avoid affection. You will never meet a deep penetrating gaze from their shallow eyes; only a surface glance. They will touch your hand with their hand, but never with their heart. They will serve your body but not your soul. They can only connect with you through utility, but never passion. If you need cupcakes or a jar opened, they are perfect; if you need compassion or wisdom, you are all alone. They are only a person as society made them, not as nature intended them. They live life so perfectly but know nothing of life at all. They did everything they were told to be a good person but are hardly a person at all. They are empty. They are dead inside. They will break your heart if you let them. They are usually very judgmental. They see themselves as nice but are often mean and cold. They feel themselves superior. They think everything they do is exactly the way it is supposed to be done. They are repeaters. They lack original thought. If you challenge their slumber with awakened thoughts, they will panic and flee. They will make you feel crazy because they only believe what the masses believe. They are the embodiment of the masses because they have not become their own individual person. Individuation is an attainment of spiritual maturity — frighteningly seldom attained in today’s world. You cannot change these people. They are trapped inside of themselves; stunted. You will waste your whole life waiting for them to wake-up to the treasure of what you have to offer. You cannot snap them out of their sleep. Often, only a tragic event will possibly awaken them. Sometimes they awaken during a painful life transition. Some awaken on their deathbeds. Some sadly never awaken to their deeper potential for self-knowledge, intimacy, expressions of feeling and knowing love. Maybe you know someone like this. Or, maybe it’s you. Maybe you’re dead inside and don’t even know it.
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Depression is a form of a disability
I know we don’t normally think of depression as a disability but it is. It is an sickness that effects someone’s life; sometimes even the will to live.. I think about this; about disability and depression, it makes sense to me looking at it as a difference but a disability. I have been sad and feeling like I couldn’t be much because of my disability; the only thing I can do without any help is write with a special keyboard and thinking about any job there is not a lot of jobs that just write, but I never been so down on myself to where I couldn’t think that something good might come one day, when you when you are depressed you can’t get out of the sadness. Depression is more than just feeling sad it is the feeling of sadness and you cannot get out of this is a disability. Here is some more information about depression and what to look for.
”Depression; Research has consistently shown a strong link between suicide and depression, with 90% of the people who die by suicide having an existing mental illness or substance abuse problem at the time of their death.
What is Depression?
More than just temporary blue mood, the despondency of depression is unrelenting and overwhelming. Some people describe it as “living in a black hole” or having a feeling of impending doom. They can’t escape their unhappiness and despair. However, some people with depression don’t feel depressed at all. Rather than sad, they feel lifeless and empty. In this apathetic state, they are unable to experience pleasure. Even when participating in activities they used to enjoy, they feel as if they’re just “going through the motions.” Depression is often linked with anxiety (link).
Specific symptoms must include five of the following:
Problems with eating
Problems with sleeping
Lack of interest in things you used to enjoy
Increased irritability
Feeling very slowed down while at the same time feeling restless or agitated
Feeling very tired or fatigued
Feeling of worthlessness or major guilt
Not being able to concentrate very well, can’t make decisions
Recurrent thoughts of death
Feeling sad or depressed for most of the day for at least two weeks
Facts and Statistics about Depression
1 in 10 American adults—or approximately 21 million people―suffer from a depressive illness each year.
Rates of depression in women are twice as high as they are in men. This is due to hormonal factors. When it comes to symptoms, women are more likely than men to experience pronounced feelings of guilt, sleep excessively, overeat, and gain weight. Women are also more likely to suffer from seasonal affective disorder.
Causes of Depression
Early life experiences, life events, genetic predisposition, hormonal changes, lifestyle factors, and certain personality traits all play a part in causing depression. Something that causes depression in one person may have no effect on another.
What helps Depression? Psychotherapy or talk therapy
Antidepressant medication
Taking a daily vitamin and eating well
Exercising on a regular basis.”
”Risk Factors of Suicide
There are a variety of risk factors that increase a person’s risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior. Recent research has shown that most suicides are the result of an combination of biological, psychological, socio-cultural and family factors.
Youth or adults who experience the following are at a greater risk for suicide and depression:
- Feelings of hopelessness or rejection
- Break up of a romantic relationship OR other major loss such as the loss of income, job, home, self-esteem, social network, etc.
- Family history of suicide, depression, violence, and/or instability
- History of trauma or abuse
- Current diagnosis or past diagnosis of an eating disorder
- Mental health disorders, particularly mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia and certain personality disorder diagnoses
- Disruption of routine as caused by changes in relationships, divorce, moving to a new location, or a new job
- Death of close friend or family member, especially from suicide
- Clusters of suicide in a fairly short period of time–these can have a “contagion” influence
- Problems at school, at work or with the law
- Fear of authority, peers or group/gang members
- History of impulsiveness, lack of fear, or aggressive tendencies
- Stress due to new situations like a new school, new job, new home or new location
- Chronic illness or pain
- Sense of isolation or feeling different from other people
- Living with stigmas associated with help-seeking behavior
- Facing barriers to effective and affordable care for mental health issues/substance abuse
- Alcohol or substance abuse
- Concerns about sexual identity
- Having access to lethal means
If someone you know experiences one or more of these risk factors, encourage them to speak with a professional (link to mental health resource) to help them cope. The list of Suicide Warning Signs may help you identify someone who is struggling with suicidal thoughts, and the How To Help page gives you tips on what you can do.”
One of the ways to love yourself is to make an effort to find good information for yourself. Whether it is love, finances, goal reaching or overcoming our personal struggles — good advice can save us untold pain and suffering. One of the biggest problems people have in life is seldom getting any really good advice from qualified people. Too often, even as children, we receive poor advice for living life, or even none at all. We are also not taught how to pick good mentors. As powerful as a mentor or role model can be, they can be equally destructive if they are misinformed. The lesson here is to learn how to pick and choose your advice from people who have demonstrated they know how to make their type of advice actually work in the real world. If you want better relationships — take advice from those who have good relationships. If you want more money, take financial advice from those who have been successful financially and who also share your values. If you want to be healthy, then learn from those who have been able to cultivate and maintain good health in their own lives. If someone has failed over and over, of course, you can listen and learn from their lessons, but they only have half of the story. The best lessons in success come from successful people, who more often than not have both failed and succeeded. A person who has both failed and succeeded likely has the whole story and can help you with the steps to move forward. You can listen and learn from everyone, but just as there are different levels of advice, there are different levels of listening. Sure, you can learn from someone who has only failed — who has fallen and messed-up, but you can learn even more from someone who has gotten back up and recovered. Find good mentors, advisors and role models for yourself and listen and learn from them. You will be amazed how your life can change with good advice on your side.
— Bryant McGill
While it is true that most people never see or understand the difference they make, or sometimes only imagine their actions having a tiny effect, every single action a person takes has far-reaching consequences. — Andy Andrews
Ask before helping
It is a habit for everybody, if you see somebody who needs help you want to help them. But to someone who is disabled it might not come across the way you would think. As a person who needs help for everything; I can tell you that sometimes I will not take the help not because I don’t appreciate the offer. But I would like to try before you think I need help. Yes it may seem like it would be easier to just help a differently abled person but maybe they would like to try to be more independent and find a way to do it. For some of us who use power wheelchairs to get around; sometimes we will meet people who do not know that we are the only ones who can move it easily and if we need help we will ask, we can do everything just in a different way. Having a disability comes needing help with daily life things that would be easy to someone who is ”abled body”. It doesn’t mean that we can’t do things if someone is differently abled it just means we have to do things in a different way. So to you who are abled body the next time you see a person who is differently ask if you can help them before you do.
Information about CP
Here is some information about CP. I will post about all different kind of disabilities. I have Cp, so most stories about CP,because it effects my life and I would like to bring more awareness and to understanding to this disability “differences”, as well as many others. -http://www.curehealth.info/11-important-things-everyone-know-cerebral-palsy/
Comparison is always the beginning of the death of self-love. Comparison is a daily brutalization against the self-esteem. Comparison sets the mark on its daily measure toward inevitable failure, and inadequacy. It doesn’t matter how beautiful you are because there is always someone more beautiful. It doesn’t matter how intelligent you are because there is always someone more intelligent. It doesn’t matter how much money you have because there is always someone with more money. It doesn’t matter how successful you are because there is always someone more successful. You see, this is a game you can never win. It does not matter how real your perceived deficits are; what matters is how you give life to them and amplify them through comparison and judgment against yourself. You are the supreme adjudicator of worthiness in your life. You decide how satisfied you are with yourself; no one else. You must cease all viciousness toward yourself once and for all. You can only evolve beyond the vicious self-analysis and violent comparison to others through loving yourself. If you can silence your constant judging you can have deeper levels of love and friendship with others and yourself.
— Bryant McGill
Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Cp
There are so many different kinds of disabilities some we don’t even think of as a disability. Look up the word disability, ”Disability is an impairment that may be physical, cognitive, intellectual, mental, sensory, developmental, or some combination of these that results in restrictions on an individual’s ability to participate in what is considered “normal” in their everyday society.” But is anyone exactly the same? No,we all have a difference and that to me is a disability. But people who are so called normal they aren’t, being normal to me means we would all be exactly the same but we are different from each other which is amazing. So think about this; why when people see someone who has a visible difference why are they named disabled why isn’t everyone? I think it’s because people who are “disabled” need more help daily. I agree that does make sense but don’t you sometimes need a little more help? I have Cerebral palsy, Athetoid, Main article: Athetoid cerebral palsy Athetoid cerebral palsy or dyskinetic cerebral palsy is mixed muscle tone — hypertonia and hypotonia mixed with involuntary motions. People with dyskinetic CP have trouble holding themselves in an upright, steady position for sitting or walking, and often show involuntary motions. For some people with dyskinetic CP, it takes a lot of work and concentration to get their hand to a certain spot (like scratching their nose or reaching for a cup). Because of their mixed tone and trouble keeping a position, they may not be able to hold onto objects, especially small ones requiring fine motor control (such as a toothbrush or pencil). About 10% of individuals with CP are classified as dyskinetic CP but some have mixed forms with spasticity and dyskinesia. The damage occurs to the extrapyramidal motor system and/or pyramidal tract and to the basal ganglia. In newborn infants, high bilirubin levels in the blood, if left untreated, can lead to brain damage in the basal ganglia (kernicterus), which can lead to dyskinetic cerebral palsy.[citation needed.)”‘ This is one thing which makes me different. What makes you different from anyone else?
It’s all there. Everything you need to know. Why you are here, what you are here to do and how you must go about accomplishing every task. It’s all right there in your heart. Spend some time listening to your heart. Ask to be guided away from what you no longer need or desire onto the path of all that you deserve. — Iyanla Vanzant
The greatest success is to have a lightness in your heart, and to be completely at ease and comfortable by being exactly what you were created to be; your own unique and beautiful expression of the divine. The respect of intelligent people does not matter at all, neither does the appreciation of honest critics. Betrayal of false friends, criticisms, and all societal markers of so-called success are meaningless. When laying on your deathbed you will care very little what critics had to say, how much money you had in the bank, what type of car you drove, or, whether so-called smart and intelligent people respected you.
It’s easy to get discouraged and settle where you are in the tough times. But faith is about believing even when you can’t see it. — Joel Osteen
See if you can catch yourself complaining, in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness. — Eckhart Tolle
This is a great article written by an close friend who knows a lot about the disabled community, she has a great view in this topic; education for the disabled children. I agree with her, as someone who has been through two schools systems one of them was not as best into the disabled as what could the child use to work more in. I don’t think that he should have been taken out of school , I think the school with his mind could have worked together to create a way that would help the rest of the school and the community to have a better understanding of a person with a disability. I know this story is about one child but I think about schools and communities should try to be more including of those with disabilities.
-http://www.amchp.org/AboutAMCHP/Newsletters/Pulse/JulyAugust2016/Pages/From-the-President.aspx.
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. — Helen Keller
My job with Accessible-systems and Living a life of love within yourself are coming together.
I love helping others that has been my dream; I am also disabled and know how hard life can be when you are different! I have recently got a job with Accessible-systems; writing articles. I have been thinking about combining the two, they are very important to me. Depression is one topic I’m very interested in, and a few other topics that could come up if you are disabled or even if you have a difference which no one understands. Why is that; when we are all different? Everything that I love doing can be connected . So there will be more to come about disabilities, differences between them and of course how we can all support each other.
This is something I totally agree with.
Because many of them have achieved what we couldn’t, even when we have all the means, period. Hello everyone! World is so full of different kinds of people. Long legs, short hair, warm complexion, skinny frame, large eyes, small mouth, nose that does not look straight (I do not know the exact word. Please, enlighten […]
Don’t give in to the tough times if you’re experiencing them right now. Don’t give up on your dreams or the possibility that your situation can change in an instant. Determine for yourself…ain’t no mountain high enough and ain’t no valley low enough…to keep you away from your dream of a better future. Kindle the fire of hope and blow on the flames of possibility. You are bigger than any fear and stronger than any doubt about your future. Hold on…keep looking up. It’s not over until you win! You have GREATNESS within you! — Les Brown
- I have a disability that it’s very easily seen; some disabilities are invisible, we all have some kind of disabled . But when someone who has a disability goes out and tries to have a life not letting our disability get in the way to the having a normal life. When you think about us all having a disability doesn’t it make you wonder why if you are different you get looked at? The more we get to know somebody the more we see how alike we are. When someone who hasn’t been around people with disabilities, they don’t understand/know that just because some of has a disability, but if the disabled community was not seen as different by schools, governments groups and others; maybe disabled people wouldn’t have to always explain their differences. Thinking about it in this way wouldn’t you want to change the way differences are thought of? People who have disability can do the same things as an abled person, it may be in a different way but people with disabilities aren’t that different from the “normal” person. The government has placed people with disabilities in a group that people think they need to be shameful, very helpful or the opposite; not knowing what is a disability and not knowing how to communicate with someone who has a disability. We can start by not dividing children in schools and teach them that disability or not we are all equal!
–https://thinkprogress.org/disabled-voters-feeling-ignored-by-candidates-take-election-into-own-hands-ce0a495c5ec2#.xuzs80d0o. This year’s candidates don’t realize that by ignoring the disability community and the issues like, medical coverage or the many issues that not only affect those who are disabled but everyone. People who aren’t disabled follow the two candidates may think that it’s fine to ignore the people who are different; when the candidates should be understanding of the disabled community, rather than ignoring them because the candidates might not know much about disabled people. Some of the issues they don’t speak on are Unemployment. Incarceration rates. Access to education. Medicare coverage gaps. Reproductive rights, these are important issues which everyone at some point in life has needed something in one of these areas. There is a lot to think about; as a disabled person voting.
I can’t walk but it doesn’t mean I can’t think or that I have a learning disability. I am physically disabled! Sometimes when I am out with family, friends and or on my own, I will sometimes get a person who will act as if I can’t think or they will talk to me in ”baby talk”, if I am with someone they will talk to them about me! I understand that some people are not comfortable with people who have a disability, but why? When we all have some kind of difference we all have some kind of disability which is what makes us unique. So why is it so weird that I can’t walk and I talk funny, there is nothing wrong with my mind! If you have questions about my disability you can ask me not the person I’m with. I have CP, so what! There is so much more about me than just my disability!
To all my friends in chairs; or anyone who agrees with me that no matter if you are so called “normal” you still have some kind of difference which I would call it a disability. First do you think that everyone has a disability? If we were all the same the word we wouldn’t have any needs or differences. 2ed. What would you do to help someone who hasn’t had any experience with a person who has a visible disability; know that we are all the same?
I think I finally know exactly what I was meant to do ,write/bloging,,getting awareness out, teaching people that being disabled doesn’t mean that we can’t do everything. don’t you know we all have some kind of differences that is what is a disability?”” And I want to be able to have depression and disability be in one blog.
People who are hard on others are usually very hard on themselves, and the pain they inflict on others is a reflection of the pain they inflict on themselves. — Bryant McGill
Crossing the Rubicon of absolute pain is the only journey of purpose and meaning in life. Without your pain you are nothing but a spiritual embryo. Your pain offers you, the student, a choice of how you will receive the lesson. You can choose to let the pain harden your heart even more and close you off to the blessings of life. Or, you can allow the hammer of pain to split open the stone armor of your hardness; exposing the tenderness and beauty of your sweet spirit and sacred heart. Your pain is a divine rite of passage through which you will be reborn as a being of strength, wisdom and purpose. With your new eyes, you will see yourself and the world differently. With your new eyes, first look deeply at yourself, and see in yourself the divine architect’s incomprehensible art! Your first realization will be that you are beautiful!
— Bryant McGill
If you feel overwhelmed just try to relax and look for one positive thought. Every good thing begins with one positive thought. You don’t need to change everything in your life instantly. All you need is one positive thought. You can hold-on to that thought, and it will remind you that there is hope. One simple, positive thought is enough to make it all worth it. All your troubles, struggles, pains, and suffering is worth one good thing. Those good things come to us just when we need them the most, like an angel throwing us a life-preserver before we go under the waters of despair. One positive thought can save your life or the life of another. One positive thought is the miracle for which you have been waiting. One positive thought will shift the entire world under your feet. One positive thought is something you can accomplish. One positive thought is the victory you need today!
— Bryant McGill
Lately in my life there has been a lot of loss and changes good and bad. Sometimes when going through a time like this it’s easy to feel like you don’t want to let anyone else in; I have had that thought and feeling that loved ones who I don’t know how I could handle losing them. But I can’t think like that I can’t not open my heart to someone, that is not who I am. Loss, change can be hard and sometimes a little overwhelming if you can’t see the end of this season, or maybe you just want to know if you will be ok at the end of this season in life. You will if you keep trying and don’t let the sadness get you down so much that you forget what you have. Some people will change but those who are meant to be in your life will always be there! What is meant to be, will always come true!
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