Sometimes life gives you
a gift in disguise. Before the symptoms
of Multiple Sclerosis made it a challenge to keep my balance and have enough
strength, I pretty much took walking, activities, teaching, schedules, and life
at full speed ahead. My calendar stayed
pretty full, especially with church, school, and the boys’ activities. Because of being so busy, there were times
that I didn’t take or make the time to stop and smell the roses, to fully enjoy
and appreciate someone or something that was happening.
One of the blessings of
MS is that it has caused me to be more deliberate about my priorities, what I
choose to do, and how I spend my time. Slowing
down has allowed me to sit and listen more, enjoy little things that I would
have raced past before, and notice God’s gifts in the little as well as the big
things. I’ve learned to be grateful for
people, abilities, and life that I took for granted before. Progress and regained abilities are cause for
gratefulness and celebration.
So for the record, some
day when God restores my balance, there are some lessons he has taught me
through MS that I still plan to be part of my new “regular” life, as well.
This
is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10
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