Well, I know that my absences have been often lately and I am very sorry about that. Since I have started this site I have had so many changes in my life, I am still catching up to myself, I think! I will hopefully be back to a routine very soon so stick with me!
Onto “The Life We Cherish” business. I am in hospital and am recovering from having surgery last week. It has been a painful and scary time but it is done and I am feeling pretty good for punching bag!! One thing that has been really clear to me is how important it is to keep a positive attitude. In the lead up to the surgery, I kept myself busy so I wouldn’t have too much time to think about the risks or the negative outcomes (I had this procedure done in 2001 and it left me with a chronic pain issue that I was told could get worse second time around – try sleeping with that on your mind!). I was able to keep my mind off things during the day but at night, lying in bed, the fear came back. The anxiety would creep in. And then I started dreaming about sitting in a waiting room, waiting to go into surgery. Talk about heavy! I had to keep a bit of control of the situation and the only way I could do that was through my attitude. I decided to keep it in my mind that I could get through this and there was no reason why this had to turn out to be a bad thing. It would help me. So everytime I thought about something that worried me to do with the surgery, instead I would remind myself that it was possible for me to get through this very well and to stay positive. And I am very happy to say it seems to have worked. My recovery time has been halved from my first time surgery and I am feeling happy and looking forward to going home as soon as possible. Keeping a positive attitude really can get you through anything. This I know for sure (thanks Oprah!)…..
My darling Mum slipped me a little note amongst my things and I thought I would share it with you all. I am not sure where she got it from or who wrote it (if you did let me know so I can can put your name to it!) but it really summed up the last week for me. Enjoy and I will be back soon with some other great news.
ATTITUDE
The longer I live, the more I realise the impact of attitude on life.
It is more important than education, than money, than circumstances,
than failures, than successes, than whatever anyone might say or do.
It is more important than appearances, giftedness or skill.
The remarkable thing is that we have the choice
to create the attitude we have for that day.
We cannot change the past.
We cannot change the way people act.
We cannot change the inevitable.
The one thing we can change is the only thing we have control over,
and that is our attitude.
I’m convinced that life is 10 percent what actually happens to us
and 90 percent how we react to it.
Take care, Lily.
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everyone loves you lily, we can’t wait to see your smiling face again xxx