Patience

[Izzy_*now*]

We need to know our own heart and protect ourselves from what would remove us from being content; that is usually not being patient.


It’s like the story of a man asking God, “What's a million years to you?”
And God said, “A second.
Then the man asked God, “What's a million dollars to you?
And God said, “A penny”:
So the man then said to God, “Will you give me a penny?”
And God said, “Sure, you just need to wait a second.”

[Certain Hope]

 

((((((Izzy))))))  (spoken in Ralph Cramden voice) yer the grrreatest!!

Love,
Carolyn

[Izzy_*now*]

Ah! Carolyn

That was a chuckle for me!

Loved it!
Izzy

[Certain Hope]

Dear Izzy,

I am glad 

Unfortunately,

Patience grows....


by being tested!   

Love,
Carolyn

[teartracks]

Hi Iz,

Patience.  Sometimes I have it, sometimes not.

Do you have it?  I bet you do.

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[Izzy_*now*]

Yes,

I learned patience in the Rehab Hospital.

It was gym and arm exercises every day and nothing seemed to change, but then one day I looked back and realized a lot had changed, so I kept it up and was eventually on my feet, without leg braces and was ambulating with crutches. That is really something after total paralysis.

At 6 months the DR. said that was the average time spent there and it was time for me to go home.

I had a voice then, I see, as I said to him,

"I have no home. I have yet to learn how to 'walk'' up and down stairs. I have yet to learn how to put a 'chair into a car. I have OHIP (our Provincial Insurance) and you are being paid as well as everything else concerning me is covered by OHIP. I refuse to leave now!"

I was there for 3 more months learning how my muscles worked for things, other than lying in a gym, weight lifting with my legs.

I was injured June 7, and I set a date to be out before my DD started school! Nope!
Then it was Thanksgiving! Nope
Then it was Christmas! Nope
Then it was Easter! Nope.
Then it was my Birthday/her birthday (6th)! Nope
It was June 5th..........2 days short of a year!

What helped was setting a goal, and even though I didn't reach it, I was not deterred. I was patient and set another goal!

Izzy

[changing]

Hi Deer-

Thank you for being wonderful, awesome, down-to-earth you.

Changing

[Certain Hope]

Patient... and determined.... with fortitude, endurance, resilience, and... hope 

((((((Izzy))))))

Love,
Carolyn

[changing]

Hi Izzy and Hope-

I have been thinking about this all night...Izzy,you have accomplished so much- that picture of your daughter you posted showed a healthy, immaculate, cared for person. She has advanced degrees and has survived and flourished after a major N experience...You have done so very well ...

Patience- I feel that I cannot take another month, etc- Even in war patience can defeat a stronger opponent- guerilla warfare or just plain hanging on, as the Russians did during WWII with the German armies - the Germans defeated themselves ( though the Russians of course suffered many causualties in their determined wait)

Patience- the drip drip dip of water until a mountain is dissolved... Edited in: WITH FOCUS UPON A GOAL

Love,

Changing

[Certain Hope]

(((((((((((((Changing))))))))))))))  I see you pouring yourself out and I just wish there were something more I could give back in return.

It's the focus on that goal which keeps blurring for me, amidst all that infernal dripping... thank you so much for this gift.

 

Encourage the exhausted and strengthen the feeble.  Say to those with anxious heart, "Take courage, fear not."

Love,
Carolyn