Hmmm...

> Because, once you accept your lot, then there is a tendency
>not to do anything about it. One will give up the fight and the will to
>live. I like the advice of Dr. Lieberman.  "Fight like a tiger and think
>like a fox." Even if you lose, don't go down without a fight. One should
>take acceptance with a sense of challenge and fight for a better life. Do
>something about it instead of succumbing to it with a defeatist mentality.
>Learn more about the problem and try to improve teh situation.  Always
>attempt at improving your life and learn to live the best way you can.
>Raj
>
>

I guess I will have to learn more about how tigers survive and foxes think.

The chronic disease quote sounds similar to when a human being ages
healthy or not at a certain point in one's life.

As for acceptance.....to me acceptance is acknowledgment of something,
acceptance doesn't mean giving up.  In fact I bet many do better once a
person stops fighting endlessly and start accepting and living ones life
productively with determination and helpfulness.

I got diagnosed with atypical pd, pd+, MSA. I am not pushing up
daisies:)  roses  at some point...anyway......I have accomplished alot
since being diagnosed. yes i know not as much as if I wasn't ill, but
that is ok. i am not gonna beat my head against a wall about it.

-I have seen my son graduate University School,   Now he is  a  junior
in a UR/NY.   it is worth every penny.
 - I listen to him and/or his father read his fellowship applications
for CWRU, MCO, Metro General undergrad. I read them too.  I will for
med. school too.
-i  go to cardiac rehab and therapy alternately and sleep
-I get to listen to music, radio, ect. whenever I am awake via my remote
- I get bathed and dressed in a skirt (neuropathy) and sweater and my
nike running shoes ( they are most flexible and cushiony) , and
compression hose (hides all flaws) to me OR spandex exercise outfits
(compression wear).  Note: 'to me', i am sure others see things wrong
with me. I have blonde hair. Any female with blonde hair will have
faults seen by others healthy or not.
-i get to go to Severance Hall a few times each year
- listen to music at the Cleveland Art Museum
- comm. via  computer with husband and son  using IM

I am a retired speech language pathologist. my life now is no where near
what it was. I accept that. I  keep hearing people don't want to be in
my shoes.  I understand what they mean fully.  I am living everyday to
it fullest. I have alot to look forward to and some things that i don't
look forward to.
There are some things though that I can not accept. it is when a person
in their 80's tells me, I don't want to get old like them.  I have a
hard time with that one.  I just chalk it off.  An aide smoking around
me  I will not  accept . I fire the person.  just a few.
Once again acceptance doesn't mean giving up.

nancy mullen



Brightline wrote:

>" Chronic disease for the caretaker and caregiver is not fought with heroic
>battles but small sufferings, repeated
> embarrassments, forgetfulness and confusion, repeated indignities, boring
>tasks that take time and patience.
> I am impressed by our acceptance of what must be done with the good life we
>still live, within increasing limitations,
> without heroism. Age and the ailments that follow do not demand heroism but
>day-by-day, hour-by-hour acceptance, an
> unsung virtue we should celebrate. We are not heroes, but we have learned
>to accept limitations and construct a
> productive life within its borders."
>
> SOURCE: Boston Globe, MA
> http://tinyurl.com/yrpjc
>
>According to this article posted by Murray yesterday, one should learn to
>accept his/her lot in life.  I find this approach to my suffering
>unacceptable.
>


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