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Day 1116: Inspiring or Bragging?

There’s a fine line between trying to inspire and bragging – that’s what I keep learning.

It’s 12 : 54 PM on day 1116 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, feed myself boiled egg and All Bran Flakes for breakfast, read 2 Samuel 19, publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet and Facebook about my campaign – nobody donated so far today either 12 days to go – practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles and spend some time outside – sitting in the sun looking at the sky I realized nothing is as big as we make it out to be there is no question without an answer and no problem without a solution 🙂

A couple of days ago AZ over at AZ is Amazing asked me to send her two pictures of myself for her World CP Day photo montage I sent her one of me just sitting on my wheelchair and another of me making sandwiches for the kids in our housekeeper’s neighbourhood on Mandela Day 2013 I was on the fence about whether I should or shouldn’t send the second picture because on the one hand I knew that seeing a picture of me making sandwiches could inspire people to do something greater than themselves while on the other hand helping people, taking pictures of it and submitting it to be a part of photo montage seemed a bit boastful to me in the end I did send the picture because my intention in doing that was to inspire people to do something greater than themselves. When you tell people about all the things you’re doing do you do it with the intention of inspiring them or are you doing it just to brag?

Day 1103: Looking at the intention behind words and actions

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See the intention behind the words and actions of others – that’s what I keep learning.

It’s 1 : 29 PM on day 1103 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself All Bran Flakes for breakfast, pray, read 2 Samuel 6, publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet about my campaign – I am not able anything to do much of anything today I feel awful it’s so unfair I eat right, I exercise and I’m still left feeling sluggish meanwhile others eat all sorts of junk and they are still fine the next day – and go pick up my new wheelchair – it’s like my old one except this one’s lighter.

Two days ago something happened which made me realize I should take the words and actions of others as they were intended when people say stuff like you are in my prayers my first thought is something along the lines of just because I’m in a wheelchair doesn’t mean I need extra prayers meanwhile I’m sure they were just trying to be nice I hate the fact that I tend to add layers to the words and actions of others hopefully I’ll grow out of it someday. Do you try to see the intention behind the words and actions of others or do you always take things the wrong way?

Day 448

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It doesn’t matter what people say as long as you know your intention – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7: 17 PM on day 448 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself boiled egg for breakfast, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck –listen to music, watch TV and feed myself vegetables for dinner.

Yesterday I saw a cousin of mine and the first thing he said to me as a joke was could you pass me a few dollars I know you’ve got a pyramid scheme going which really bothered me although I laughed it off because here I was struggling to do the simplest of things while trying to help others without stealing or lying and it was all just a big joke to him but now I realize that I shouldn’t care about what other people think or say to me because they don’t know the intentions behind my actions almost everything I say and do comes from a place of love, compassion and a desire to help. Do the comments people make weigh heavily on your heart regardless of the fact that you know the intention behind your action?

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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!