Do you have an inspiring or favorite quote to share?

"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather loved in spite of ourselves."

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

This just floated into my thinking.... a visiting staff member at school when I was 11 many years ago and we were all moving onto a new school, and he wrote this in my Autograph book - was the thing to do those days on the last day of the school year.... so few words written but so many memories.

I totally subscribe to that! Being married to my wonderful wife for 54 years help me appreciate that sentiment.

Tomorrow, the sun will rise, and we will try again.

“If wishes were fishes,we’d all cast nets…” -from Dune by Frank Herbert.

Reading this new forum. Too many options. Like my misdiagnoses and all our struggles. I have a rare genetic disease. The last 3/months I’ve never been so unwell. At my wits end but keeping my Spirit as strong as possible.

With G-d ( The Great Spirit,Creator,however you use language to describe the Higher Power of your understanding) anyway. . . “With G-d all things are possible.” - source unknown ( or unremembered) by me.

I’ve been struggling so while here if anyone knows we’re to ask about “Tylosis with Esophageal Cancer” 3 years of Predinsone effects, systemic spread of Lymphoma, Skin cancer undiagnosed, Colorectal Cancer also and the whole time begging to be listened to from family histories/past tests/symptoms/etc. Plus decades of massively high,out of range ImmuloglobuinA and with it- so much mucus I’m scared to no ends of choking on it,or the prednisone stopping helping at all ( or by not surviving all the damage caused by unmonitored Prednisone. ) I can feel my body losing homeostasis. I just had to Not increase Diamox and do best to titrate as it nearly ended me and my kidneys and IG tract is still suffering 3 weeks into trusting my insticts and body over a Dr. who will not listen or do anything but throw sane pharmaceutical scripts each 4/months visit. Not even a referal as I beg for help. Thankful for my PCP. That small family practice is helping keep me here with love,wisdom, current blood work othetsceint do, and trust in knowing I’m not a liar or hypochondriac-because of 20 years of medical evidence as my genetics have caused my health to deteriorate before their eyes along with the PET scans, CT scans and MRIs even spinal tap done.
My blood smear was ANA positive for speckling and things that affirm it’s the rare genetics again at the core.

I will burn out but why is the system so broken? If you’re disabled you get so tired from fatigue and the battle with just searching for answers and care. Too many understand that. Anyway,
Symptoms mimic SLE lots. Overwhelming is a good word for the near constant periods of decomposition.

Just “managing my expectations” ( I’ve given up most hope in local health care ( Advent ) and have serious PTSD from being dismissed, and worse undiagnosed unheard or worse misdiagnosed and made sicker from Pharmaceuticals.

Attempting to use Rick Simpson Cannabis Oil, it’s the truest thing that mainstream providers( except my Primary care Dr. He’s an excellent old school interns list who researched and said this would help!) the rest? they act as if is a street habit or worse,instead of the only thing healing skin lesions, helping so many pains, along with mood,emotional,and true palliative help. It’s a threat to a lot of profits by big pharma ( imo and why the wrong claims are based and it’s suppression except as a source of taxable income now State by State) It’s still a great healing plant along with exercise for those able and healthy water air and most of all- Food that’s regenerative and not “Frankenstein-food” that’s poison to healthy lives. I’m thankful for what little I’ve learned. Hope to help others in future avoid the suffering and struggles I’ve faced. Am faced with.
Apologies.
Just fyi on to this rambling post.

Just “wanted to talk” so I vented a bit here.

Take care everyone. As the world continues to spin and seem to burn down, I feel best to remember always “This too shall pass.” & “Love one another.” from a Good Book.

Here’s one of my favorite quotes to end on.

“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I have found that it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love.”
-J.R.R. Tolkien

"Hope is the thing with feathers,
that perches in the soul,
and sings the tune without the words,
and never stops at all."

Emily Dickinson

"I''m far from perfect. I could be thinner, have whiter teeth, better health, etc., But, at least I don't have an ugly heart towards others". Author Unknown

"If a child can work a tablet, phone or game then they can work a broom, mop & wash dishes!" -Author Unknown

The chains of habit are usually too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

If you don't believe in cooperation, just observe what happens to a wagon when one wheel falls off.