A very simple update + a special guest!

I would like to welcome the special guest star of this post: Helicobacter Pylori. 

It's been writing all the previous posts with me but I wasn't aware of that. Now, we're officially together.....on paper that is.

And all because of an incomplete diagnose in 2009,  I am now drinking the well known triple therapy: 2 antibiotics + another medicine I've been struggling to remember (I don't think I will..ever). 

There are two reasons I am writing today and I'm writing precisely this.

Reason number one: I have a very important "life little lesson" that I want to remember: Good health is priceless! And when I have it I would kindly ask myself to remember how I feel now and realize the importance of being grateful for it.

Second lesson: Good health care....costs but it's priceless as well!

Reason number two: I want to publicly express my admiration to all the people that have overcome or are coping with diseases of any kind. I am fighting with myself and "I can't take this" for 3 days now, and it's only 2 antibiotics. It made me think a lot about the fight that people with difficult diseases have inside...every day! The incredible courage it takes to stay positive, make yourself stay positive.

It made me remember my disabled friend that wanted to experience every bit of life, that had so much life, ideas and passion inside. But she wanted to walk through life. She started to go deeper and deeper into "I don't want this anymore" and had said many times that if she doesn't get better by her 30th birthday she wants to die. She died the day before her 30th Birthday 4 years ago. It's really sad, and many people find comfort in not talking about things like this, but I've come to realize that the power of our will and determination is fascinating and inspiring.

Staying positive requires discipline, a special kind of discipline. Connecting with your deep values and intent in times when you feel you have no control over your thoughts and emotions, requires the same discipline. Because the biggest challenge in those moments is remembering that you DO have control.

Yesterday, I couldn't get out of bed and couldn't stop crying (to be fair, crying was due to first day of my period) and today I feel....quite similar, without the crying-so far. And that's why I wanted to write this today!

We all know I know, and have a lot of reminders (quotes,blogs,books) that small things make life. But it's only when we I lose one small thing that we I feel it and realize it on experiential level.

A beautiful girl said yesterday:  "Learning means nothing unless things change"...thank you Lydia I can't agree more.