Motivation is the key!!

I have photos of me at the wheel of my 38' motor home with my eye lids taped open!!!!  There are times when we all have to reach down deep inside and come up with a solution.  Most of the time while I was living in the bus in the road, I would sit out a "tough time" with my eyes but sometimes I just had to leave.  Scotch tape works!  As I approach the 3 mos. mark since I received Botoxin injections, the spasms sneak in on me when I least expect them.  I have learned to compensate too.  I have learned to slow down.  I was always very energetic and did everything in a hurry.  I am fortunate that I can do several things at one time.  I also have the ability to be aware of what is going on all around me all of the time.  That is a gift as far as I am concerned and one I share with my eldest grandson.  I believe my son Matthew was also able to tap into many things at one time.  I shared my book title and a bit of my story today on the Blepharospasm Official site, on the bulletin board.  Hopefully, my story will inspire others who have BEB and Sjogrens Syndrome.

When I was struggling along in my near blindness to live a "normal" daily life, one of my neighbors called in the NC Assoc. for the Blind.  They soon came to my house to interview me.  I suppose to "see" for themselves if I needed their assistance.  Within a week after our meeting, I was provided with a large but portable tape deck where I could listen to books on tape.  The books were chosen from an enormous selection in a catalog.  It worked very much as Netflix does now but there was no fee whatsoever.  Those books on tape gave me much pleasure.   Then an appointment was made for the NCAB to teach me how to move about, cook, do ordinary household chores and care for myself in my new blind state.  Over the course of the 9 months I was blind,  I was interviewed for a seeing eye dog and a white cane.  As it turned out, I didn't need either.


My impressions of the NCAB were and are today very positive.  They were compassionate and caring people.  They responded quickly although they were not called in on my case for several months.  People helping people that is what this world is about.  Living in "right-mindedness"!

Some things to think about today

Jan Phillips wrote a book called God Is At Eye Level.  I love that title.  What a perfect way to bring people face to face with the Divinity rather than gazing off into the great beyond!  Something else she said in regard to creativity is a stigma we all face when we begin to create our art, our music, our pictures, our books etc...."Who Do You Think You Are"?   I have lived with that inner guilt nearly all my life.  The shame of being creative, of "wasting time" making art rather than making money.   I would ask that we all meditate on who we think we are.  Write about it, speak about it and verbalize who you are and who you want to be.  Forget the financial rewards.  Those will come later.  Picture yourself as a satellite dish for creative frequencies.  Allow your "dish" in your second chakra, you pelvic chakra number 2 (your creative/birthing center) to receive all the energies required to create.  Then you will know who you are on a totally grounded level, balanced and open to receive and to create.  Yes!!!!

Planting the garden

 This is the time of year when the new seed catalogs come in the mail.  A thought for today:  Help me to cultivate a positive, healthy, and vibrant mind so that I may cultivate happiness, generosity and kindness within me.  Help me be a good gardener for my body by providing rest and gratitude for my spirit.   Amen!

Credits

My brother, Gary, took my blog title photograph of the Naples Pier at sunset in Florida in December 2011.

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Today

I am grateful today for good neighbors, kind caring neighbors.  As I sit here in sunny Florida, my little home, the Locus Grove, in Hartford, NY is watched over by people who live nearby, who drive by with awareness.  Thanks one and all!!!

It's impossible to avoid adversity in our lives but there are always those around us who will reach out their hands and their hearts to assist us.  I have always lived in small communities where neighbors are ready to offer their help.  Last night, I heard of a volunteer fire department supplying wood for heat to an elderly couple who live in our area.   The Christ Consciousness that we need to bring about our ascension in this century is exemplified through actions such as this.  Offer kindness and compassion to others, it comes back to you magnified greatly.

In awe of human love,
Deanna