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Day 1536: Do you obey your elders if it does you no harm?

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If it does you no harm just obey your elders – that’s my message to myself and the world.

 

It’s 12 : 04 PM on day 1536 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Isaiah 23,   publish my Disability of the Day feature,   promote my Educate Generations campaign–on $900  –    stretch my hamstrings, feed myself peanut butter sandwiches for breakfast,hang out with my sister,  make sandwiches for sisi’s (our housekeeper’s) neighborhood with  my sister’s help  and continue promoting my campaign – still on $900 but that’s okay $900 is better than $0 🙂

 

Today I realized if it does me no harm I should just obey my elders I tend to talk back to my elders when I talk back my intention is not to be disrespectful I just have strong opinions about everything and  I want those opinions to be heard which can be misinterpreted as disrespect by some. Do you obey your elders if it does you no harm?

Day 713

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When you’re different people sometimes forget you’re human   – that’s what I keep learning 🙁

It’s 5 : 03 PM on day 713 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to feed myself  bread  and chicken curry for breakfast, drink coffee by myself, hang  out with my extended family, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature,  prepare my Kid of the Week feature  brush my teeth and work.

Today I needed to go to the bathroom so I asked my mom for help while in the bathroom she decided I needed a  bath, said you’re going to bath and proceeded to undress me even after I said no I wasn’t having any of it I scratched, clawed and when nothing worked I gave up and started crying in that moment I felt so powerless  after about thirty minutes of crying I asked my mother how would you feel if someone started undressing you even after you said no to which she said you’re right  all I wanted was for my mother to ask may I help you bathe before she did anything. Do you forget that people who are different are human too?

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