There is a lot to be said about the 'theory' of encouragement-amidst-adversity and acting like nothing is wrong! Look at me! "Believing I was "like" every body else (denying my disability) - not any different in my thinking - allowed me to plowahead with my physical rehabilitation. I have my father to thank for that one!
It was only after I left town that he became familiar with the common aberrational slights-of-mind a Brain Injury Community member (ABI-Community member) deals with daily. Little things the "normal" (what is normal?)?! people take for granted; say alking the dog, holding a poop-bag and conversing with someone beside you - all while you approach a Golden Retriever who is about to have puppies! (OK so THAT is not so ordinary; but it's Thursday ... my mind takes a long time to warm-up! Simply "walking & talking" would have served for illustration!)
I was simply wanting to thank Temple GRANDIN (ANIMALS IN TRANSLATION book) for allowing me to feel OK about my thought processes - or lack of them - and be thankful for my new brain's ability to understand animals better than people! So I was a little slow to mature mentally; opportunities came and went. I established a sense of right and wrong (renewed belief in God) and carried on to maintain my physical self. Perhaps I worked it, my body, that is, a little too hard (Physiatrist or Physical Medecine Doc.has recommended knee replacement surgery this winter!; Orthopedic-Surgeon yet to comply)
ANYHOW ...
ALL seems to have worked out for His sake and I will remain loyal to His gifts - human, animal and talents.
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