Words like:
Balance
Change
Cleanse
Education
Awareness
Hope
Looking back over the last year and all that has happened in life it has been a year of change, education, and awareness and the big one "acceptance". And maybe when it comes down to it this may be the word that all the others fit into ACCEPTANCE.
For to find the balance in life - between what I need to do for my health and sanity and what I want to do for my health and happiness - I need to "accept" my limitations, I need to truly "accept" that I have not found this balance but not be as hard on myself as I have been in this last year. Celiac Disease did not "come over me" "afflict me" in one night or even in a year ~ Celiac Disease is an auto immune disease we carry with us from birth ~ and over 40 years living with a disease I did not know I have - did some damage. I need to "ACCEPT" it will take time to learn, to heal, to recover and TO LIVE with this disease. It will take time to find the BALANCE needed - for health and happiness. To find the Balance between what I WANT to do and what I NEED to do even for this blog, relationships, employment, working with the Celiac Association, and other pastimes in life - I need to accept I am only one person, and I am not super woman ha ha and never likely to be ~ I need to once again accept those limits.
To find the "Change" I need to take ~ to better my health and my lifestyle I need to truly "accept" that I have to CHANGE. Period.
To "Cleanse" - I need to "accept" the change with courage and grace. I need to cleanse not only my outlook on life, relationships, health, and my soul.
To find the "Education" - I have to "accept" that though I feel I know myself and my disease that I need to put more into learning, more into educating myself. Whether that is by classes, workshops, group discussions, reading and writing.
To find more "Awareness" I need to "accept" that though only being "one person" I need to be part of the growing and learning that is taking place out there ~ in our Celiac Communities, In our Schools, In the media and in personal connections. True awareness is an important part of the life of a Celiac and those living with Gluten Intolerance. An integral part to our quality of life.
To keep "Hope" in the picture ~ I need to "accept" that there always is hope in our days ... being a celiac in these times can be trying and frustrating ~ for though there is more awareness than ever before in history about Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance - with it can bring more prejudice and misinformation. I need to accept that there is HOPE for more informed awareness, there is hope that the Celiac Community will get stronger and stand together for more education and awareness for all those with Celiac Disease and Gluten Intolerance ~ and hope that we can "educate" with grace and patience.
We need to ACCEPT that until we were diagnosed with Celiac Disease - an auto immune disease that requires that we stay strictly away from gluten ~ that to many of us were completely unfamiliar to what Celiac Disease, Gluten intolerance or even just GLUTEN was. And that even with diagnosis and further basic information a lot of us - who have even been diagnosed for years - still have a lot to learn.
We need to accept that patience is now a part of our daily game - patience with ourselves, patience with others ... and not let frustration and anger cloud what we HAVE to do to live a good if not A Grand life!
Yes I think Acceptance will be a very good word for me to use for 2013 ~ I would love to hear ideas of "words" that you feel would be strong choices for the year.
I want to finish off this blog post by sincerely wishing you all a healthy and happy foray into the New Year ~ and raise my glass for us all to have a strong and peaceful step into another year - may it be filled with Love and Laughter and many days of Health and Happiness.
Take care of yourselves,
Cheers - Sherri
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