Tag Archives: Appreciation

Day 1409: The 7 Words My Brother Uttered That Moved Me

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“Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.” ― H. Jackson Brown Jr., Life’s Little Instruction Book: 511 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life

 

It’s 12  : 33 PM on day 1409 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray,  brush my teeth, feed myself bran flakes  for breakfast, read Psalm 96,  publish my Disability of the Day feature, practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles and stretch my hamstrings.

 

Last night my thirteen-year-old brother saw me preparing for my upcoming campaign and he said something along the lines of you work harder than mommy and daddy I was so moved that he noticed all the effort that I was putting in to help others usually even the people who love me more than life itself introduce me by saying this is Nisha she does things on the computer and because I know how it would sound if I said actually I blog and raise money for different charities I don’t correct them. Do you appreciate the things that people in your life do?

Day 1246: Kayden + Rain = Super adorable video

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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. – Socrates

 

It’s 1  : 09 PM on day 1246 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to  pray,  brush my teeth, read Nehemiah 3, feed myself egg with  bread for breakfast,  publish my Disability of the Day feature, practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles,  stretch my hamstrings  and  promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – nobody donated so far today either I just don’t understand how people can be okay with other people dying of a disease that is both preventable and treatable where is the human in humanity.

 

Yesterday I watched a video of a little girl experiencing the rain for the first time it was too adorable for words watching that made me feel like I too should appreciate the little things more. Watch “Kayden + Rain | Little Girl Experiences Her First Rainfall” below it’s guaranteed to put a smile on your face and make you appreciate the little things.

Day 1226: Taylor Smith’s Letter to Herself

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“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

 

It’s 12  : 04 PM on day 1226 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray,  brush my teeth,   read 2 Chronicles 29,  publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself egg with bread for breakfast,  promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – no donations so far today but Anonymous donated £10 yesterday (thank you Anonymous) which brings my total raised to (drum roll please) $101.11 which gets me 10% to my goal not bad considering the campaign started less than ten days ago (thank you God for all your help I can’t see you but I know you’re here)- practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, stretch my hamstrings and listen to music.

 

This morning I watched “Heartbreaking letter written by a 12 year old girl” – a video in which Taylor Smith’s father reads aloud the letter his daughter wrote to her future self before she died suddenly of pneumonia – Taylor’s wisdom BLEW ME AWAY and her death has made appreciate my life more. Watch “Heartbreaking letter written by a 12 year old girl” below:

Day 1154: The link between appreciation and good relationships

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Lack of appreciation can damage relationships beyond repair– that’s what I learned today.

 

It’s 1 : 33 PM on day 1154 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray,  brush my teeth,  feed myself Bran Flakes for breakfast,  read 2 Kings 12,    publish my Disability of the Day feature,  publish my Kid of the Week feature, go to church, register to vote in next year’s elections – I have a dirty little secret I’ve been eligible to vote in the last two elections and I didn’t vote (don’t judge) reading Conversations With Myself by Nelson Mandela made me realize how much people have sacrificed so that I can have the right to vote the registration process didn’t take that long and aside from needing my sister to help me sign my name at the bottom of the registration form everything went swimmingly  –  and go visit people.

 

Today something happened that made me realize lack of appreciation is the number one cause of the breakdown of relationships all people want to know is that you notice and appreciate what they do for you and when that doesn’t happen things don’t end well. Are you appreciative of the things people do for you?

Day 1132: Appreciating things others don’t think about thanks to Cerebral Palsy

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Cerebral Palsy makes you appreciate the things that most people don’t even think about –that’s what I keep realizing 🙂

 

It’s 3 : 06 PM on day 1132 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth,  read 1 Kings 11,   publish my Disability of the Day feature,   feed myself  Bran Flakes  and boiled egg for breakfast,   practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, continue reading House Rules by Jodi Picoult and feed myself brown rice, vegetables and chicken for lunch.

 

This morning I realized yet again that Cerebral Palsy makes you appreciate the things that most people don’t even think about while most people my age pray for enough money to buy a new car I pray to have a bowel movement (because I don’t move as much as the average person I get constipated very easily) it’s a different kind of life but it makes me appreciate a properly functioning digestive system, muscles that don’t hurt and everything else that most people don’t even think about.  Have your challenges made you appreciative of the particularly good days?

Day 952

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Not every day is going to be easy and that’s okay– that’s what I keep learning 🙂

It’s  2  : 56 PM on day 952 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to    brush my teeth, practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles,  publish my Disability of the Day feature,practice typing with both hands, pray, read Numbers 5,  feed myself bread and beans for breakfast,   take off my dirty turtleneck and  t-shirt and put a new t–shirt on – taking off my turtleneck I was afraid that I would burst a blood vessel in my brain or something that’s how much effort I was putting into it, it pisses me off when I hear people complain about paying taxes or not having enough money while I struggle every day to do  simple  things and still manage to put a smile on my face – stretch my hamstrings and  tweet and Facebook about my campaign – still stuck on 6% with 84 days to go.

Today has been one of those days where everything took ages to do which is okay because going through tough days like this makes me appreciate the easy days.  Do you expect every day to be a walk in the park?

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Day 763

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I’m allowed to cry– that’s what I keep learning 🙂

It’s 1 : 20 PM on day 763 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to stretch my hamstrings, brush my teeth, publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself an avocado sandwich and banana  for breakfast practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles and practice typing with both hands.

As you may know most days I’m all about gratitude and looking on the bright side sadly today is not of those days the guilt I feel over the attention I take away from my siblings coupled with the fact that I need help to do most things that other people take for granted got to me and I just started balling thinking this is just too hard I don’t want to be this way sometimes I don’t want to ask could you help me get out of bed I just want to get up and get out of bed in one swift motion like everybody else does the fact that I can’t makes me so frustrated I wish everybody could spend one day in my body they would have a newfound appreciation for all that they can do. Do you allow yourself to cry when it all gets to be a little too much?

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Day 449

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You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone– that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7: 20 PM on day 449 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth,  feed myself Corn Flakes for breakfast, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck –  feed myself a banana for lunch, take a nap – I’m not feeling well at all – and watch TV.

This morning as I looked out our dining room window at the beautiful trees and flowers in our yard I couldn’t help thinking how much I would miss South Africa when I’m in India don’t get me wrong I can’t wait to see my family over there it’s just that the people here are so nice whenever I go to the mall people come up to me and say you look very pretty today or smile my favorite moment was at church when this woman came up to me and my mom with her toddler and said I hope you don’t mind I wanted to expose my son to people who are different from an early age some of you may wonder why I wasn’t offended by that I wasn’t offended by that because exposure leads to education and education leads to the eradication of ignorance. Do you always think the grass is greener on the other side?

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

If you’ve given to my cause or you can’t give now, please help me by sharing my cause with others. You can tweet about it like my friend Stan Faryna. This is the tweet he uses: @Nisha360 is a brave, smart young woman trying to make a better world for us all. Please help her do an amazing thing. http://bit.ly/hC7vOu

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!

Day 343

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You are nothing without the people who support you– that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7: 55 PM on day 343 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, reply to a few comments on this blog – which by the way are always welcome – read Love is six parts giving and one part talk by Bonnie Squires – she wrote such nice things about me that I’m still not sure that I’m entirely deserving – tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck – feed myself  for an avocado sandwich for  breakfast, watch TV,  feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet about my campaign some more–watch some more TV and feed myself Chapati, grilled chicken and salad  for dinner.

It is said that friends are God’s way of apologizing for our family and this weekend my online friends proved this to be true by supporting my fundraiser – if you have no idea what I’m talking about refer to Day 338 – together they helped me raise a further $100.85 for my campaign either by spreading the word i.e. retweeting my tweets and/or by making donations of their own – with that said I would like to introduce you to those wonderful people. Take a look:

Supporters of this Weekend’s Fundraiser: Members of Team Nisha

People who have spread the word

People who have donated

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

If you’ve given to my cause or you can’t give now, please help me by sharing my cause with others. You can tweet about it like my friend Stan Faryna. This is the tweet he uses: @Nisha360 is a brave, smart young woman trying to make a better world for us all. Please help her do an amazing thing. http://bit.ly/hC7vOu

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!

Day 330

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Kids notice things that we overlook – that what I learned today 🙂

It’s 8: 29 PM on day 330 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself toast, scrambled eggs and sausages for brunch, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – Debbie (@MissShuganah) made a donation yesterday and my aunty and uncle made a second donation today only $1 912.10 more to raise to reach my goal I am SO happy 🙂 – watch TV, feed myself steamed vegetables for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Last night my siblings and I were watching the seven o’ clock news on which they featured a story about the good work that doctors were doing in Somalia and my brother (who just turned eleven yesterday) said something along the lines of how come they always mention the doctors what about his team what about the nurses the nurses who took care of me (he was in hospital a couple of days ago) weren’t that bad and because I know that what he said was (and still is) so true I would like to say to all the nurses out there I SO appreciate what you do particularly with today being Women’s Day in South Africa I know that most of you are overworked and underpaid but without the healthcare sector would be on its knees so please keep doing what you’re doing and know that your work has value. Have the words of a child made you more appreciative of the people around you?

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

If you’ve given to my cause or you can’t give now, please help me by sharing my cause with others. You can tweet about it like my friend Stan Faryna. This is the tweet he uses: @Nisha360 is a brave, smart young woman trying to make a better world for us all. Please help her do an amazing thing. http://bit.ly/hC7vOu

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!