I am always amazed to hear of people facing huge life
challenges, devastating setbacks, or significant suffering – who still manage
to hang onto joy. These remarkable individuals actually inspire the rest of us.
Helen Keller (1880-1968), who became blind and deaf as a
toddler, slugged her way through all sorts of struggles. In the end, she became
a famous author and political activist. Sure, she must have had seasons of
utter frustration, times of emotional turmoil, and seasons of darkness. (The Miracle Worker tells her story.) But she
didn’t camp there for keeps.
Here’s a telling quote from Helen Keller:
“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to
soar.”
A person can soar, so to speak, without seeing or hearing or
performing physical feats. It’s possible to find ways to soar on crutches or in
a wheelchair. Fatigue, nerve pain, numbness, spasticity, vertigo, and weakness cannot
stop one from soaring.
Soaring can happen in artistic expressions, skilled tasks,
interpersonal affirmations, simple gestures of kindness, or any number of other
creative ways.
How do you soar, even if the MS MonSter is striking?
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