For every pleasure you enjoy, you must suffer some pain. We had a fabulous vacation, but it’s going to take us years to pay for it. Oh, well, there’s no pleasure without pain. Yesterday I basked in the warm sunshine all afternoon; today I’m badly sunburned. There is no pleasure without pain. – Author unknown

It’s 12: 51 PM on day 485 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself a boiled egg for breakfast, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweak a few things on this blog, practice typing with both hands and watch TV.

As you may know I went to the dentist to get rid of the black spot on my tooth – I fell down a couple of stairs a few years ago and my tooth has been black ever since – before I went to India unfortunately it turned out an abscess had formed and the dentist said I had one of two options either I could have the tooth removed – I decided not to do that no way would I get a false tooth at the age of twenty – or I could get a root canal so today afternoon I am getting a root canal which needless to say doesn’t send tears of joy running down my face but that’s life I guess, we have to take the pleasure with the pain (Note: I apologize in advance if I don’t post for the next two days I might be in pain after the root canal which would make it impossible for me to write anything you would want to read). Are you willing to take the pain along with the pleasure or would you rather take the pleasure and leave the pain?

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Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!