Enjoy life, seems an easy statement doesn’t it….
Well it’s not always by any means.
This week has made me realise that we all should enjoy life because we never know what is round the corner.
I have someone who suffers with depression and although we are getting the help needed it can be hard and we are slowly learning to do things as and when he feels well enough and we do ok but it is hard because some days it is not possible.
I have a very dear friend, who although I don’t see very often, I am always in contact with. This lady is mad as a box of frogs with a sense of humour to match, she has a hectic life. However, a while ago she was diagnosed with a chronic form of blood cancer called MDP. Now from a person looking from the outside I can see the change, deep down she is still the funny mad woman we all love, but now she struggles with everything she does, she still wishes to have the energy she has always had and wants to do all she used to but can’t. As a friend I can see how she struggles and would love to help but can’t.
As with any debilitating illness like depression or chronic illness like MDP, trying to cope with everyday things are hard.
My friend has really struggled this week and all I want to do is offer a hug or try and help but can’t.
However whilist at work on Friday, I bumped into a couple who we are friends with but with everything else going on have not been able to keep in contact with, and I was so shocked to find out that our friends wife had had a stroke and was now wheelchair bound and a shadow of her former bubbly self. Her husband never changes, still the man we always knew. This really upset me and after the week I had gone through, I really felt lost as to what to say or do.
This made me think!!
We are all so busy with our work lives they we forget to enjoy the little things and they are the times of peace and quiet when we can do things we enjoy and get pleasure from.
If we suffer from any illness, whether debilitating or worse a chronic illness or if there is a terminal illness, we should go out when we can manage an do the things that WE want to do, daft or otherwise. We all have a right to enjoy life whatever it throws at us.
I am not telling people what to do, but life throws curve balls, I’ve had plenty myself and we have had to change what we do. We have to make the most of what we are given even when we feel like we have been given a whole load of shit.
It’s very hard when you have been the type of person to do lots and always busy to suddenly have to slow down and develop a new pace, but we have to do it (probably with a lot of why me?)
So please let’s all try and enjoy life as it is very precious
God bless and take care xx
randomat40 