What you can learn from a movie!
We watched the movie "Secretariat"today. The real message of the movie is to believe in yourself and what you are. Don't quit or let others dictate how you should run your life.
While watching it, I realized that I have stepped forward in my life in so many ways during my illness and recovery that I know that I am not the same person that I was almost two years ago when this all started. I have never enjoyed speaking in front of others yet I now give Zimmerman House tours without any problems. My second time in the Sunday morning pulpit was no problem at all. I have tackled projects here at home that I never would have considered doing beforehand and I have succssfully completed them. Today I received notice that I have another name to call as part of the leukemia First Connection program. Counseling others was never something that I thought that I would be doing in my life.
Because of all of this, my life is fuller and I no longer hold back when it comes to doing something. A newfound confidence exists that says that I should give it a try - not a feeling of defeat before I've even started because a task may appear to be too difficult to do.
As I said earlier, this disease has helped me to better know and understand who I am and what I can do. And I continue to amaze myself at what I have accomplished. I am not trying to brag here. All I am saying is that I now feel unshackled in so many ways that my life is better off for it.
I don't wish this disease on anyone, but for me there has been a big silver lining in that seemuingly black cloud...
Bob
October 7, 2010 12:10 AM
Not much to say!
The only health concern is the eyes and, overall, they are certainly tolerable. there are moments when I would like them to be a little better but you can't have everything. I must say that keeping busy pushes the issue to the back burner because I have my mind set on other things. When I stop and read - it's a different story. A lot of reading can get to them at times. TV watching is no problem at all - movies are fine as well.
So, I keep busy. Still lots of work to do to finish off our den and then it's on to helping one of our neighbor friends. After the holidays I'll probably wrap up finishing off the office and then every room will have been redone - 12 in all. It's nice when you have the time(and the physical health) to be able to do what you want to do. Who knows what's in store for us so we might as well do what we can when we can. I really like getting up in the morning with a game plan for my days activities. Sometimes, of course, it's meetings or bridge or doctor's visits or choir practice or church. But on those other days I need activity as well.
It's two weeks until the next eye doctor visit. I'll be curious as to how that works out - what they test and what they deem the changes(if any) to be.
Life continues apace and that's what I need...
Bob
The only health concern is the eyes and, overall, they are certainly tolerable. there are moments when I would like them to be a little better but you can't have everything. I must say that keeping busy pushes the issue to the back burner because I have my mind set on other things. When I stop and read - it's a different story. A lot of reading can get to them at times. TV watching is no problem at all - movies are fine as well.
So, I keep busy. Still lots of work to do to finish off our den and then it's on to helping one of our neighbor friends. After the holidays I'll probably wrap up finishing off the office and then every room will have been redone - 12 in all. It's nice when you have the time(and the physical health) to be able to do what you want to do. Who knows what's in store for us so we might as well do what we can when we can. I really like getting up in the morning with a game plan for my days activities. Sometimes, of course, it's meetings or bridge or doctor's visits or choir practice or church. But on those other days I need activity as well.
It's two weeks until the next eye doctor visit. I'll be curious as to how that works out - what they test and what they deem the changes(if any) to be.
Life continues apace and that's what I need...
Bob
October 3, 2010 11:55 PM
It's over!
The agony, known as the red Sox 2010 seaeson, is ove. Injuries and some poor pitching did in the team this year. As "they" say, "Wait until next year!" (Trust me, it won't be much better).
As for the weekend, I worked on the den project - there is no such thing as taking a day off. Every day another task or two get done and the room gets closer to what we envision it can be. What a bear it was to snake the surround sound wires through the attic. You can't stand up in it and it's covered with blown in insulation so that you cannot easily see the joists when maneuvering around. I certainly did not wish to step in the wrong spot and go plunging through the ceiling. Fortunately, I dodged that bullet.
Tomorrow, for the first time ver, I will be doing two Zimmerman House tours back-to-back. I'm really looking forward to the second one as it involves the girl scouts. It should be a lot of fun. I know that I'll do my best to make it so.
For today's choir anthem at church, I was selected as one of the two basses to sing a portion of it as part of an octet with two sopranos, altos, and tenors. I'm not saying that I am God's gift to the singing world but it is at least rewarding to think that somehow you are contributing to the overall choir performance.
It was a good weekend and I look forward to a nice week ahead...
Bob
The agony, known as the red Sox 2010 seaeson, is ove. Injuries and some poor pitching did in the team this year. As "they" say, "Wait until next year!" (Trust me, it won't be much better).
As for the weekend, I worked on the den project - there is no such thing as taking a day off. Every day another task or two get done and the room gets closer to what we envision it can be. What a bear it was to snake the surround sound wires through the attic. You can't stand up in it and it's covered with blown in insulation so that you cannot easily see the joists when maneuvering around. I certainly did not wish to step in the wrong spot and go plunging through the ceiling. Fortunately, I dodged that bullet.
Tomorrow, for the first time ver, I will be doing two Zimmerman House tours back-to-back. I'm really looking forward to the second one as it involves the girl scouts. It should be a lot of fun. I know that I'll do my best to make it so.
For today's choir anthem at church, I was selected as one of the two basses to sing a portion of it as part of an octet with two sopranos, altos, and tenors. I'm not saying that I am God's gift to the singing world but it is at least rewarding to think that somehow you are contributing to the overall choir performance.
It was a good weekend and I look forward to a nice week ahead...
Bob
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