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Day 530

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?

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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 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

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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 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?

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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 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?

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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 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?

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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 525

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The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves. ~ Jane Goodall

It’s 7 : 32 PM on day 525 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, work, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, 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 Batura and mutton curry for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Today – in between working – I was tweeting Indian celebs hoping that they would help me raise disability awareness in India by sharing my tweets with their audiences of course none of the celebs I tweeted responded to or even acknowledged my tweet but I will sleep well at night knowing that I at least tried to create change. Do you speak for people who can’t speak for themselves even when it seems like nobody’s listening?

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 524

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Music is what feelings sound like. ~ Author Unknown

It’s 7 : 10 PM on day 524 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, prepare and publish my Kid of the Week feature, brush my teeth, drink tea by myself, feed myself Batura and mutton curry for breakfast and work.

As you may or may not know from following me on Twitter I am one of Jason Derulo’s biggest fans who’s Jason Derulo you may ask I let his music tell you. Take it away Jason:

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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 523

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People can’t give you what they do not have– that’s what I learned today 🙁

It’s 5 : 08 PM on day 523 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, make entries in my Gratitude Journal and Diary respectively – I was too tired to do it yesterday – pray, read Genesis 34 as part of my ongoing quest to learn more about the Bible, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, drink tea by myself, feed myself an egg sandwich for breakfast, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck – raise disability awareness in India using Twitter – I went to India with my family last year and felt really stigmatized and I swore that I would do my best to educate people there- play with dough – it’s good exercise for my right hand which doesn’t work as well as my left – and continue raising disability awareness.

This morning my mom asked my dad and siblings if I could go with them to the gym the next time they went (my mom is of the opinion that I should get out more) everybody said no which I didn’t mind I mean really what was I going to do in a gym but my mom was pissed off in retrospect I realize that she had such a strong reaction because she expected my father to love me unconditionally regardless of my disability whereas I had no such expectation because I understood early on that asking my father to love me unconditionally was just like asking a bankrupt man to give me money and made my peace with it. Do you need from people what they cannot give you?

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 522

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Ignorance is bliss because people who don’t know what’s going on in the world have nothing to worry about – that’s what I learned today 🙁

It’s 6 : 57 PM on day 522 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, drink tea by myself feed myself oats for breakfast, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, pray, read Genesis 33 as part of my ongoing quest to learn more about the Bible, work and watch TV.

Today I was thinking about rhino poaching and the other horrible things going on in this world and I felt so powerless but now I realize that all I can do is change what I can and hope that everybody else does the same. Are you living in bliss because you don’t know what the hell is going on in the world?

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 521

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A little reflection goes a long way – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7 : 48 PM on day 521 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, pray, read Genesis 32 as part of my ongoing quest to learn more about the Bible, work – in between work I wrote an article about myself which might be published in one of South Africa’s magazines I will share with you guys what I wrote if it gets published – drink tea by myself, feed myself a boiled egg for brunch, work some more, feed myself grilled mutton, potato salad and baked beans for dinner and watch TV.

Yesterday I was laying in bed thinking about turning 21 and what it means for most people it’s a symbol of freedom and a time in one’s life where people almost expect you to do crazy things but I want turning 21 to be about me becoming more generous, kind and compassionate. Do you reflect on the important milestones of your life?

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!