Unnumbered post Fail small 5 Jul 2021

[RoyceNewton]

Good morning beloved ms family. All well and if it is not I hope that "YOU" can learn to handle it. Take the lesson and learn from it. Maybe even do not do it again.

Today a reminder to fail small. As small as "YOU" can possibly make it, for "YOU" have Relapsing-Remitting ms (RRms) and "YOU" are going to fail at something, again and again over your many years. Do not let this be bad, just accept that it is going to happen. I often fail at my chin-ups, failure is perhaps a strong word, I just do not do them. I think of an excuse and they do not get done. I accept this and try again a few hours later or I do not do as many as I planned on doing. I accept my failure, I try to fail small but just doing a few at least. This is a very long term illness, I do not try to do everything and if I do not do anything I know that I will try again later. There is always next time and I try not to make next time too far away. Maybe this might be an approach that "YOU" want to try. Accept that "YOU" are different than "YOU" once were and adapt and make changes.

Do NOT give up upon yourself, this is a HUGE illness, and we all handle it differently.

Royce (your ms writer and Brother)

fail small but do try

[twooldcrows]

hope all had a safe 4th ...love and much happiness...

[RoyceNewton in reply to twooldcrows]

nice and quiet, watched the Washington DC fireworks and ate Mexican quesadilla. A good evening hope you had the same.

[twooldcrows in reply to RoyceNewton]

sounds great ....we just stay home for we worked lots of hours off and on trying to get big holes dug for my husbands cover for the rv ...which will be great when it is done but hard on us for the heat but our son and grand daughter came out with the machine to dig them but it was way to hot for us to help much but they had a great time....son loves the machines and his daughter has been gone to college so this way lots of fun for both of them ...it is hard not to see here for the long periods and his girlfriends has children they all get along but it was nice that they had gone to her sisters for the 4th so it was just the two of them and it was needed for both of them ....fun to see them for we don't see them much ...it was a great day except to hot so i was in the house and would go out and check on them make sure water ,just the mother stuff in me ....hahahhahahhaha..but it is great ...can't wait for this project to get done ..hate it when i can't help lots but i know we can get it done ...we need it for it was scary to watch him to cover it and to not fall off ...next is to put a cover over the house ...fun but that is life right just do what we can and ask for help ....love and much happiness to you and your family....wonderful 4 th and so thankful for our freedom and sad for the ones that lost theirs to do this for us and the injured ones that have to live with the damage the wars have caused them to fight for our freedom....bless everyone ....

[hairbrain4]

You are spot on! It's still hard to admit I am physically failing after 16 years. Adding age together with MS it's tough especially when you don't really want to admit to either! But it is important that we face MS head-on or it will try to take over. Don't let MS win!!