Life with MND - 2011 - My thoughts - Part 2

The second part of Gordon's Thoughts for 2011.

 

 During my more mature years I’ve “dabbled” in my own form of yoga. Involving meditation and relaxation, whether it was the photo that triggered my interest - I don’t know. 

“Mind over movement” has really come to the fore as motor neurones are destroyed and the body gets weaker. Oh, I’m under no illusion that MND will be the winner in the end, but at this stage of my illness concentrating and pinpointing the mind to the part of the body I want to move, works for me and has certainly prolonged my independence to the end of October. 

 

Over the past six months it would have been so easy to give up, and ask for help.

As the year draws to a close it is inevitable as my movements get more “sloth like” than previously mentioned that daily tasks need, at times, a good few attempts to complete.

 “My chill out time” diminishes and it is more important than ever to prioritise what is important to me and to be very aware of my morning ritual. “The wee wise saying” that I referred to in the year 2005.

Here are some meaningful sayings that have helped me so far in coping with my unknown journey with MND:-

1)     One can’t divert the wind, but they can adjust their sails.

2)     You can’t change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.

3)     In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

4)     Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand, well.