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"This Is A Test."
As an MS victim individual, I never dreamed that I would be disabled.
Who would, unless they were in to nightmares? Who would ever expect to
become a burden to others, dependent on friends and loved ones for
things that we all take for granted? Sure, these things do happen, but
they would never happen to me. Right?
I am certain that most of us MSers share this basic feeling, regardless
of gender. What I believe matters most are what we do with our lives
once the reality sets in. Maybe, it doesn't fully sink in for some
time? It didn't for me. I was going to beat this thing, bounce back,
overcome the dread disease, in the same way I had always successfully
overcome obstacles, by shear determinations: resolve, action, faith and
"Will~Power!" This is a test.
Well, it was most frustrating to discover that my old methods of
passing the tests were largely ineffective in the battle to be normal
again. I had the resolve, just not the endless reservoir of energy from
which I could always draw.
I would take actions, affirmative actions! Some of them impulsive and
not affirmed by my physicians and professionals who have had experience
with "Problem~Patients," like me. I would become a test for them. I
would even become their problem. Yeah, as if they didn't already have
enough tests of their own going on in their professional and personal
lives?
OK, I would defeat this deceitful devil then with faith. If I haven't
been as close to my Devine Maker, I'll see is I can be reunited.
Heb.11:1 says, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not yet seen." Well, I haven't any problem with
the hope aspect, at least. And
James 2:26: "For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also
faith without works is dead." Im am already into the works by my
taking actions. Right? If I'm not getting the desired results,
perhaps I will need to study further? Job 36:15: "Hard times and
trouble are God's way of getting our attention!"
Increasing my frustration was the fact that the strength, I could
muster, was being increasingly consumed by mundane tasks involving
movements. Simple things, like taking out the trash, were not so simple
anymore. Everything, it seemed, was now a major task, an incredible
object to be overcome.
At every turn, the same ugly question loomed, "Should I do it myself,
or ask someone with legs that work to do it for me?" Tough test for
an individual who has been independent. I suspect that this feeling of
frustration has engulfed virtually every person with a debilitating
disease or physical injury. Our response to this critical question is
the subject of this article.
For slow learners, like myself, who resist what ~ we must come to
realize ~ would have saved other people an incredible amount of
frustration, this is an "Open~book" test. Question: "Should we
routinely ask others to help us?" Answer: "We should ask for
help."
If our marriages and relationships survive, we learn to appreciate our
partner's commitments to us in ways well beyond what we might have
ever imagined that person capable of. Maybe, we might wonder, if the
situations were reversed, would I have been so committed? I hope so,
but really ~ I wonder ~ would I have been?
When we fail to ask our partners or others for assistance, even when we
want to believe we can do it ourselves, we put even more of a burden on
the very ones we don't want to bother. Hey, they are bothered! I see
it is a selfish act to cause people who care about us to worry that we
might cause injury to ourselves or to others.
Perhaps, my limited energy could be better utilized by writing articles
that will help others speed up their learning curves. Huh? Is this the
best use of my "Will~Power?"
Russ Miles is the author of the novel, For Sale By Owners:FSBO.
Seasoned Real Estate NAR=AE Broker Disabled by Multiple Sclerosis,
FOR SALE BY OWNERS:FSBO ISBN 0-595-28703-4,in trade paperback,
is available by phone or Internet:1-800-Authors to order direct!
Very HOT-LINK Adobe e-book & hard cover editions also available
FSBO at Amazon.com at Barnes and Noble and other fine booksellers.
Comments: MilesRuss@Gmail.com. Personal referrals to his publisher
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