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Day 535

Poor is he who is miserly with praise – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 8 : 09 PM on day 535 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself a banana for breakfast, work, drink tea by myself, work some more, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, exercise, continue working, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Today I found that Justin Bieber was giving up his birthday for the second year in a row for Charity: Water and I couldn’t help but be proud of him because his campaign is raising money as well as encouraging other people to raise money on their birthdays. Are you rich or poor?

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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 534

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Denying yourself things that you would usually have teaches self-discipline – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7: 57 PM on day 534 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, work, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, work some more, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, continue working, feed myself crackers for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

As you know I gave up meat and meat products for lent which has done wonders for my digestive system and made me the crankiest human being you’ll ever meet on the plus side this not being able to eat what I love – beef, chicken, egg, etc – I think about people who don’t even have the “plain food” that I am eating right now and I’m grateful. Have you taught yourself self-discipline by abstaining from certain things?

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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!

Day 533

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When you think how dare he it’s not you it’s your ego– that’s what I learned today 🙁

It’s 8: 48 PM on day 533 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, work, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, work some more, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, exercise, brush my teeth once more and watch TV.

Today I found myself in a situation where I thought how dare he looking back I realize that that thought was driven by ego which makes me happy because as Eckhart Tolle says the only way to weaken the ego is to recognize it. Are you living your life or is your ego living it for you?

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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!

Day 532

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You’re damned if you do you’re dammed if you don’t – that’s what I learned today 🙁

It’s 8: 03 PM on day 532 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, donate $300 to my campaign on behalf of my father’s cousin and my father’s cousin’s son – I was only obligated to donate $200 but since I didn’t want to keep money I didn’t earn I donated the full amount – work, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, work some more, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, continue working, go with my sister to get her Matric Dance dress made – the housekeeper had already left so we all had to go and it turned out to be a waste of time the designer was fully booked 🙁

Today has just been one of those days where I couldn’t do anything right first my dad yells at me because I donated the full $300 given to me by his cousin and his cousin’s son and then my sister yells at me for pushing our mother to go with her to get her Matric Dance dress made – she’s made no secret of the fact that she resents me for mom not showing up for her growing up and I was determined to make things right – I guess that’s life even when you do things out of love people can take things the wrong way. Does everything you do with good intention get misinterpreted?

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

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 531

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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. ― Mae West

It’s 6 : 02 PM on day 531 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, prepare and publish my Kid of the Week feature, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, drink water by myself, work, feed myself mango for lunch, work some more, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck – and exercise.

This morning my brother asked me to find out using a Day Counter how many days old he was I thought it was childish but I did it anyway – he is 4 219 days old or 602 weeks and 5 days old – then he insisted on knowing how many days old I was – I am 7 643 days old or 1 091 weeks and 6 days old – when I saw the number of weeks that I had been alive I was proud of all that I had done in such a short time I wonder if you would feel the same if you knew how many weeks you’ve been alive. Are you living your life right?

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

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 530

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You have to act like a human being even when you’re not treated like one– that’s what I learned today 🙁

It’s 6: 52 PM on day 530 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth,feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, drink tea by myself, read and comment on Love That Max, type for my mother – she’s a high school teacher and needs a lot of typing done for work- exercise, feed myself rice and curry for lunch and watch TV.

This morning my dad was complaining about something – I forgot what – and my mom responded by saying Nisha didn’t go anywhere which lead to my dad saying why don’t you take her in that moment I felt like a burden like a thing nobody wanted what hurt the most is that they had this conversation within earshot of me but now I realize that regardless of how people treat me nobody can take my humanity away from me. Do you act the way you’re treated?

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

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 529

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Once you make a commitment all excuses disappear – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7: 55 PM on day 529 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, work, drink tea by myself, feed myself a peanut butter sandwhich for breakfast, work some more, feed myself crackers for lunch, go to physiotherapy, watch TV, feed myself rice and curry for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Today at physiotherapy I was told that I could cut down my physiotherapy sessions from once in two weeks to once a month provided that I worked out a schedule with my mother which would allow me to exercise every day at home I have decided to do it but I know I won’t stick to it unless I enter into a contract with myself so I created one. Take a look:

Lifetime exercise contract:

I Nisha agree to do my physiotherapy exercises – with the help of my mother – for thirty minutes daily for the rest of my life regardless of what happens on any given day.

Signature: Nisha-Benny Varghese

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

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 528

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You don’t know what you have until it’s gone I think that saying also applies to people you don’t appreciate those you love until they are gone – that’s what I learned today 🙁

It’s 7: 17 PM on day 528 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, work, feed myself crackers for breakfast, drink tea by myself, work some more, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, continue working and watch TV.

As you probably know by now Whitney Houston died on 11 February 2012 which was (and is) sad for everybody who knew and loved her but what I found ironic was that more people where paying more attention to her now that she was dead than they were during the last few years of her life I guess sadly lack of appreciation is an affliction we all suffer from. Do you show your appreciation for the people that you love while you still have the chance?

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

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 527

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There comes a time in every life where you have to forget about what everybody else may think and do the right thing – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 8 : 39 PM on day 527 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, work, drink tea by myself, feed myself a banana for breakfast, work some more, feed myself a carrot for lunch, continue working, feed myself rice and curry for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Today I was debating with myself as to whether I should give up meat and meat products for lent raising money for the World Food Programme in the process I was on the fence about it because I didn’t want people to think I was sucking them dry considering my Clean Water For All Campaign wasn’t even over yet but now I realize that I wouldn’t be sucking anybody dry because nobody would be obligated to do anything they didn’t want to do (Note: If you want to donate click Donate, on the donation form you will be asked if you want to make the donation in honour/memoriam of someone click in honour of someone special and fill in my name and email address nishavarghese_1991@hotmail.com – where required so I can keep track of all the money raised). Do you not do the right thing because you’re afraid of what people may think?

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

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 526

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We are so much more than what we can do– that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7 : 46 PM on day 526 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, work, drink tea by myself, feed myself a boiled egg for breakfast, work some more, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, continue working, feed myself Chapati and mutton curry for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Today I needed help doing something – I forgot what it was – and quite unusually I wasn’t beating myself up saying what kind of twenty-year-old needs help doing this because I realized that I was allowed to ask for a little more help considering the challenges I faced which is not to say I have given up on being independent I have not I just know that if I don’t accept myself where I am I will never get to where I’m going. Do you define yourself by what you can do?

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

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!