Always a choice

[RoyceNewton]

Every day when my eyes open, I make a choice. I throw the sheets back roll over and get up. Again it is my choice, I am in control, I decide my current and my future at that moment. I am in control, I decide. If I fall or stumble, Relapsing-Remitting ms(RRms) has tried to take my control, but I decide what to do next. To cry, to stay on the fl, to pull myself up.

"I DECIDE"

Now reread this paragraph and understand that the I, is "YOU" not Royce. Read it again. Do "YOU" see how much power "YOU" have, how in the depths of fear "YOU" have control over so much of your life. Somebody tells "YOU" no, says that "YOU" are ineligible or can not have something. "You" and nobody else decides how "YOU" are going to react. Always do it from a position of strength. What is the best and easiest for "YOU". "YOU" matter, let me say that again, "YOU MATTER". Act like it and let others see it and believe it. "YOU MATTER" never allow yourself to be ignored or dismissed as an irrelevance, an inconvenience. We have RRms, we go through, our very long lives with a burden that not everybody can carry, but we do. Within all of us that flame burns, some brighter, some just an ember, but my friend. We "CAN' and "WILL" persevere and make ourselves strong. We are never beaten, we are merely a little shocked and stunned. Take your time, as much as "YOU" need. PIck yourself up, learn what "YOU" need to. Do what "YOU" must, Pull yourself together and move. It is a very long journey, our ms life. It takes a lifetime, but of all the Homo Sapiens in the world, "YOU" have the strength, the will. "YOU" can live a good ms life, I have faith and believe in "YOU"

Now it is your turn, "BELIEVE IN YOURSELF."

Royce

The flame is burning in you, just find it.

[quegh]

Just printed this. Thank you for sharing it. That flame, I love it. Sometimes I feel like it is just a little little spark that needs extra love and attention to grow. It is hard for me to admit it, but that is the time to forgive oneself and to reach out. It is even harder to admit that I still feel ashamed and like a failure for asking for help yet again. Not reasonable or logical, and, you know I have different advice for myself than for literally everyone else. Fire is fire though and it is our connection probably at some primal level. I mean it called the "spark of life" not the "ice cube of life". What you said about shocked and stunned it is like you are reading my mind lol. Thank you for demystifying it and helping see that there is a bigger picture, and there are probably thousands and thousands of us battling ourselves in this regard. We are in it together thought, and I'm cheering everyone on. Thanks for being a good role model.

[Timeflies5]

I love this...and I wholeheartedly agree...can’t tell you how much I appreciate you taking the time out to write this post...encouragement helps so much...everyday I say to myself...”make it count!” ...it’s hard getting out of bed in the morning...but once I’m up...I keep as busy and productive as possible...if we can’t get over the mountain...we just find a way around it...but my faith keeps me strong! Thx for sharing RoyceNewton...may I copy this to my phone plz? 🦋💕

[RoyceNewton in reply to Timeflies5]

of course and thank you for saying you enjoyed it

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador]

Don't be afraid of the flame ~ and know that it is always there. Sure, it might burn you, so know its limit, control it, and live with it! Awesome post! You always encourage me to go beyond what I think that I am capable of, and you give me food for thought. Thank you, and you enjoy your day!

[RoyceNewton]

thank you and well said yourself