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Day 2285: Remember the Unloved and Forgotten this Festive Season

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Remember those who feel unloved and forgotten this festive season– that’s my message to the world.

 

It’s 10: 28 AM on day 2285 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Isaiah 9: 6 have breakfast and work on my  25 Smiles Campaign    –raised $9 261.04 only  $3 238.96 more to raise to reach my second goal of raising $12 500 for Smile Train before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far ).

 

This morning I read a post which reminded me that me that Christmas is not a happy time for some so I ask that all of us remember those who feel unloved and forgotten this festive season.

Day 1620: Walking Your Own Path and Loneliness

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Walking your own path can be lonely – that’s what I keep realizing

 

It’s  12 : 15 PM on day 1620 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to   brush my teeth, pray,    read Jeremiah 37, publish my Disability of the Day feature, promote my Educate Generations campaign – Catherine Cook who has donated five times before donated $25 today (thank you SO MUCH Catherine  I don’t know what I did to deserve such generosity from you and others must be all of mommy’s prayers (Note to self: thank mom for every prayer that she has ever prayed for me)    – which brings my total raised to $1 925 only $575 more to raise to reach goal  – learn one new thing – An elephant’s trunk has up to 150,000 muscles –    feed myself a peanut butter sandwich  and a pear for breakfast, stretch my hamstrings and   continue promoting the campaign –  $1 925 raised so far SO GRATEFUL :)

 

Yesterday I started reading The Diary of A Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Anne Frank and I could relate to the loneliness that Anne felt I, like Anne, have lots of people in my life and some I would even classify as friends but there’s nobody I feel like I can tell everything to without fear of being judged most people I meet laugh off my bleeding heart ways when I start talking about human rights so you can imagine why I don’t allow myself to be venerable enough to spill my guts to them I guess loneliness is the price I have to pay for walking my own path.

Day 931

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No one can leave me. They don’t have that power. – Byron Katie ‏

It’s 3  : 05 PM on day 931 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to  brush my teeth, pray, read Leviticus 11, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, listen to music, stretch my hamstrings,   practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, practice wheeling myself around,  feed myself Chapati, beans,, chicken, tomato and onion for brunch and practice typing with both hands

Today our house is virtually empty my sister’s on her way back to university and my brother’s off on a badminton tour it’s just my parents and I it’s really lonely I just have to keep reminding myself that no one has the power to leave me and throw myself into my work. Do you feel left behind when people leave?

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Day 806

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We are all more alike than we are different   – that’s what I keep learning :).

It’s  4 : 25 PM on day 806 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to stretch my hamstrings, brush my teeth,    practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, publish my Disability of the Day feature, practice typing with both hands,   feed myself bread and baked beans for breakfast and watch TV

Last night I watching Justin Bieber: A Worldwide Special – Oprah’s interview with Justin Bieber on her new show Oprah’s Next Chapter – I thought the whole interview was great but I particularly loved Oprah’s question to Justin do you ever get lonely and his reply to that question  of course I get lonely sometimes people might think it’s crazy that someone can feel lonely when they’re constantly surrounded by people but I can tell you from personal experience that sometimes you feel most alone when you’re with people I remember being at an event with more than a hundred people and wanting to scream I’m so lonely when I roll into a room people stare, look away and don’t give me another thought because all they see is the label of disabled that society has put on me I suspect that Justin is going through something similar where he feels like people see his label Justin Bieber: The Superstar and not Justin Bieber: The Person.  Can you find something in common with anybody because you know that we are all more alike than we are different?

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