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Day 1504: Problems and Perspective

When you look at the bigger scheme of things the things you thing are important seem so small – that’s what I keep realizing.

It’s 3 : 53 PM on day 1504 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Ecclesiastes 11, publish my Disability of the Day feature, publish my Kid of the Week feature, feed myself Puttu – a breakfast dish of steamed cylinders of ground rice layered with coconut – and chickpea curry for breakfast and chat to friends and family.

Today I was freaking out about something and then I thought about somebody who was going through something way worse which made me realize my big problem isn’t so big after all. Does perspective make you realize the big things in your life aren’t so big after all?

Day 1452: Putting things into perspective with sensitivity

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Just because other people’s problems aren’t the same as yours doesn’t mean that they aren’t problems – that’s what I keep realizing.

It’s 12 : 21 PM on day 1452 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, go back to sleep, pray, read Psalm 140, publish my Disability of the Day feature, hang out with my sister, have a feet massage and listen to music

Yesterday somebody was whining about something so to put things into perspective I said something along the lines of I would kill to have your problems suffice to say the conversation I was having didn’t end well I tend to look at the bigger scheme of things which annoys the heck out of people and makes them feel like I’m trivializing their problems I want to change the way I put things into perspective.

Day 1399: Perspective and Cerebral Palsy

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Perspective – that’s what Cerebral Palsy has given me.

It’s 2 : 17 PM on day 1399 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself Appam and beef curry for breakfast, publish my Disability of the Day feature, publish my Kid of the Week feature, pray, read Psalm 86, and promote Eradicate AIDS campaign – still on 108% with 5 days to go.

Yesterday something happened that made me realize Cerebral Palsy has given me a great perspective on life while other people cry about getting crappy clothes I am grateful because getting crappy clothes is not the worst thing to ever happen to me. Do you have a great perspective on life because of everything you’ve been through?

Day 1272: The blessing and curse of seeing life through your eyes

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Seeing life only through one pair of eyes is both a blessing and a curse– that’s what I realized last night.

It’s 1 : 20 PM on day 1272 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Job 6, publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself egg with bread for breakfast, spend time with family, talk to my granny in India on Skype, promote my Eradicate AIDS campaign –13 days still no donation but I’ll email a few more people my parents won’t like me basically asking people we know to make donations and there’s a chance I’ll get yelled at for it but I’d rather be yelled for doing the right thing than do nothing and keep everybody happy.

Last night I realized seeing life only through one pair of eyes is both a blessing and a curse it’s a curse in that we can’t fully appreciate what another person is going through and it’s a blessing in that we can’t fully appreciate what another person is going through imagine if we could see life through everybody’s eyes we would go crazy. Have you come to realize that seeing life only through your eyes is not such a bad thing?

Day 1177: Get over it I’ve got bigger problems to worry about?

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Just because our problems aren’t problems in the bigger scheme of things doesn’t mean they aren’t problems to us – that’s what I realized today.

It’s 12 : 09 PM on day 1177 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read 1 Chronicles 10, feed myself boiled egg and All Bran Flakes for breakfast, publish my Disability of the Day feature, practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, stretch my hamstrings and hang out with my sister.

This morning I realized just because our problems aren’t problems in the bigger scheme of things doesn’t mean they aren’t problems to us whenever I hear people complaining I say something like there are children starving in the Sudan which, I am sure, irritates people to no end. Do you minimize problems in an effort to put things into perspective?

Day 990: Sometimes you have to step back and get some perspective

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Sometimes you have to step back and get some perspective – that’s what I learned today.

It’s 3 : 47 PM on day 990 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Deuteronomy 7, publish my Disability of the Day feature, stretch my hamstrings, practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, feed myself All Bran Flakes and a boiled egg for breakfast, email, tweet and Facebook about my campaign – still no luck but I’m not quitting I know there are people out there who care that kids all over the world are being sold like they’re merchandise I just haven’t found those people yet – spend time outside – I never get tired of being in nature the blue sky, the trees everything is so beautiful it’s a pity only a few people notice it – feed myself a peanut butter sandwich and a apple for lunch and practice typing with both hands.

Today I was feeling down and dejected nothing I did seemed to be working so I stopped what I was doing and spent some time outside it seems like such a random thing to do but sometimes you have to step back and get some perspective. When times are tough do you step back from the situation and look at it from an objective point of view?

Day 775

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It really is about ABILITY and not disability – that’s what I keep learning 🙂

It’s 5 : 15 PM on day 775 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth,publish my Disability of the Day feature, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, drink milk by myself, tweet about my Chain of Good competition – I got three more people to agree to participate I’m happy about that 🙂 – and hang out with my family.

Today I read Adults with autism still finding their ‘special place’ under the sun which made me realize that special needs parents fall into one of two groups the My Child Can group or the My Child Can’t group those in the My Child Can group notice every “little thing” that their child can do and celebrate it like there’s no tomorrow whereas those in the My Child Can’t group dwell on the one or two things their child cannot do it’s really sad I feel bad for the kids of parents’ in the My Child Can’t group because they see themselves though their parents’ eyes. Do you focus on your child’s abilities or disability?

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Day 725

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You learn more from the life you have than you probably would have had you had the life you wanted – that’s what I keep learning 🙂

It’s 6 : 26 PM on day 725 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, publish my Disability of the Day feature, work, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, drink hot chocolate by myself, exercise my legs to keep my hamstrings stretched – feed myself rice and curry for lunch and go to physiotherapy – I did great this week too according to my physiotherapist 🙂

This morning after I typed a thirteen letter sentence with both my hands I was so happy and proud of myself that’s one of the things I love most about having Cerebral Palsy I appreciate the fact that I can see, hear and talk because I know that not everybody can do those things in the same way that I can’t walk most non-disabled people (I’m just telling you what I perceive to be true) don’t have that attitude of gratitude because they can do things so easily. Are you learning a lot from the life you have even though it’s not exactly the life you would have picked out for yourself?

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Day 724

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Life is not fair; get used to it. – Bill Gates

It’s 1 : 35 PM on day 724 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, publish my Disability of the Day feature, work, feed myself a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, drink hot chocolate by myself, practice typing with both hands, practice sitting straight to strengthen my core muscles – people who have Cerebral Palsy have weaker core muscles than those who don’t – and exercise my legs to keep my hamstrings stretched

This morning after thirty minutes of practising sitting straight my sides started to hurt and I caught myself starting to think this is so unfair to which I counter thought stop it nobody needs to hear this least of all me everybody’s life is unfair children in Uganda are abducted and forced to become soldiers or sex-salves compared to that what I go through every day is nothing. Do you get bogged down by the unfairness of your life?

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Day 690

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Nothing is as big as we make it out to be – that’s what I keep learning 🙂

It’s 2 : 12 PM on day 690 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself All Bran Flakes for breakfast and work.

Today (August 3^rd ) when I found out I wouldn’t be able to publish any posts for the next three days due to possible technical issues I was majorly bummed but then I thought to myself of all the things I could be bummed about I choose to be bummed about this there are children dying of cancer I have my health and my family what more could I want so I can’t publish my blog posts for three days big deal I’m important but I’m not that important people will survive even if they don’t read about my day for three days and besides I will still write only I won’t be able to publish the entries until Monday. Do you make yourself unhappy by turning small things into big things?

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