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Day 2967: Look At Yourself From The Outside

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” – Epicurus

It’s 12 : 50 PM on day 2967 of my journey towards independence and I managed to read a Bible verse and do some work

This morning I looked at my whole life from an outsider’s point of view and I saw a girl swinging from treetops, jumping from cliffs, doing her best to be of service all without the abilities most take from granted and just from a second I thought wow and then I was back to myself again but that moment reminded me that I must stop being so self-critical because I genuinely am trying at this life thing.

Day 2352: My Ever-Evolving Definition of Self

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As you grow your definition of self will change – that’s what I’ve realized

It’s 10 : 50 AM on day 2352 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read 1 1 Chronicles 16:11 and learn a new word – Definitions for excoriate
1. to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally: He was excoriated for his mistakes.
2. to strip off or remove the skin from: Her palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling.

Today I was thinking of my ever-evolving definition of self I now see myself as a human being who despite all challenges has managed, with God in her, to create meaning out of suffering which is remarkable considering a few years ago I thought of myself as a broken being with nothing to contribute to the world.

Day 1797: Us and How We See the World

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“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.”― Anaïs Nin

It’s 11 : 00 AM on day 1797 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Mark 1, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing –Axiom [ax·i·om] n. 1. An established rule, principle, or law. 2. A self-evident or universally recognized truth; a maxim. 3. A self-evident principle or one that is accepted as true without proof as the basis for argument.– have breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign – $4 541 raised so far (so grateful a HUGE thanks to everyone who has helped out so far ).

Today I was thinking about a quote I read a while ago which reads something like we see the world not as it is but rather as we are it’s so true I see the world as mostly good because I am (or at least try to be) mostly good some call me naive for the way I see the world but I think they only do so because they are hurt (if you’ve been hurt and/or betrayed it stands to reason that you would see the world as a hurtful place).

Day 1794: Winning the battle of life

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95% of the battle of life is won in the mind – that’s what I want the world to know.

It’s 12 : 17 PM on day 1794 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Matthew 26, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing –A group of owls is called a parliament.– have breakfast and promote my Educate Generations campaign –Barak Kassar, founding partner of Rassak, donated $100 yesterday (thanks SO MUCH Barak people like you make me want to be a better person we’ve never met in person and yet you chose to help me help others you will never know how much you have touched my life ) which brings my total raised to $3 541 (so grateful to everyone who has helped out so far).

This morning I was thinking about how 95% of the battle of life is won in the mind I’ve been around people who are miserable despite having everything they need to thrive which is probably why some people are surprised to find me as happy as a clam when they first meet me it’s not that I’m oblivious to the fact that I can’t walk it’s just that I choose to count my blessings and think that God is conspiring for me to succeed.

Day 1789: Never change yourself for other people

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Never change who you are for other people’s benefit – that’s my message to the world.

It’s 12 : 31 PM on day 1789 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Matthew 21, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing –A zebra’s stripy coat is thought to disperse more than 70 per cent of incoming heat, preventing the animal from overheating in the African sun. – have breakfast, make sandwiches for Cynthia’s ( our housekeeper’s) neighborhood with mom’s help as part of Virginia’s Sandwich Run – (thank you sisi Cynthia for all your help) – and promote my Educate Generations campaign – $3 441 raised so far (so grateful )

Yesterday I got into a bit of hot water with one of my loved ones because the day before I shared A Woman Who Was Paralyzed At Her Bachelorette Party Is Trying To Change The Way People See Those With Disabilities on my personal Facebook account I knew some people wouldn’t be pleased with me sharing the article but even after my conversation with said loved one who was concerned what others would think I didn’t regret sharing the article because one of my missions in life is to help change the world’s perception of differently-abled people and I will do everything in my power to make that happen anybody who has a problem with that is more than welcome to unfriend me, unfollow me or exit my life.

Day 1664: Life, Perception and Reality

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Perception is reality – that’s one of the greatest lessons I’ve learned in my life.

It’s 12 : 39 PM on day 1664 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Ezekiel 24, publish my Disability of the Day feature, feature, learn one new thing – Male kangaroos are called boomers, bucks or jacks; females are does, flyers, or jills, and the young ones are joeys. – promote my Educate Generations campaign– $2 578 raised so far – feed myself batura and vegetable curry for breakfast and hang with family.

This morning I thought if I had one wish it would be to go to the bathroom without making a spectacle of myself then I thought about women being raped and children living in warzones and I realized even though my life is hard I had nothing to complain about.

Day 1396: Do you treat everybody as your equal even if you are more fortunate than some?

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Half the world’s problems would be solved if we treated everybody as our equals – that’s what I realized this morning.

It’s 1 : 00 PM on day 1396 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, read Psalm 83, publish my Disability of the Day feature, brush my teeth, promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – still on 108% with 8 days to go – stretch my hamstrings, practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast and watch TV.

This morning somebody said something that was really offensive to my sensibilities I think the reason some people give themselves permission to discriminate against other people is because they see themselves as better than the people they are discriminating against which is ridiculous because underneath the labels that society puts on people we are all the same. Do you treat everybody as your equal even if you are more fortunate than some?

Day 1319: Deceived by Perception

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Perception and reality are two very different things– that’s what I keep realizing.

It’s 12 : 00 PM on day 1319 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth, feed myself egg with bread for breakfast, read Psalm 10, publish my Disability of the Day feature, promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – on $602.85 – practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, stretch my hamstrings and continue promoting my campaign – still on $602.85 but I’m not giving up winners never quit and quitters never win.

A couple of days ago I heard my voice on a recording it sounded like there was static behind my speech almost like a radio when the signal is bad I was so surprised by the quality of my speech because how I sound to the world is not how I sound to myself oh well it’s not a trainsmash I can speak well enough for people to understand what I’m saying and my abilities far outweigh my “disabilities”. Have you ever been deceived by your perception?

Day 1281: Ability is in the eye of the beholder

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Ability is in the eye of the beholder– that’s what I keep realizing.

It’s 12 : 02 PM on day 1281 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth, read Job 15, feed myself egg with bread for breakfast, publish my Disability of the Day feature and promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign – no donations so far today but I KNOW I won’t fail God is with me who or what shall be against me.

This morning I realized yet again that ability is in the eye of the beholder some people see all that I can’t do I see all that I can do perception is reality and I perceive myself to be abled by all the things I can do rather than disabled by the few things I can’t do. When you look at a differently-abled person do you see ability or disability?

Day 1208: Opening your eyes to all that you have

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No matter how hard you try you can’t get people to see what they don’t want to see- that’s what I keep realizing.

It’s 12 : 07 PM on day 1208 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, read 2 Chronicles 11, publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself tomato, onion and capsicum scrambled egg with bread for breakfast, pray, listen to music and hang out with my family.

Yesterday I was talking to someone about money and he kept insisting that he didn’t have money even though I knew for a fact that he had more money than most I was so pissed off because no matter how much you have if you keep saying I don’t have I don’t have then you will never have enough. Do you often try to get people to see what they don’t want to see?