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When things go wrong, I asked myself: What have I done “to deserve this?” And somehow I slipped in the past, we believe everyone has a “right” to a series of blessings of life. In fact, the government engaged convince Americans that the “right to health and happiness tend to,” as emphasized by the founders really was a big mistake, and that the Americans a “right to health and happiness.” Remember that the more business! But the fact is we have no inherent right to everything, and the founding fathers had it right. And we do not deserve “better!
Do not get me wrong! I like to think that I deserve better and I like to think that I have a “right” to all kinds of goodies. But just because “I Want It,” does not make it true. This mentality that “I deserve” is something that people in need, every time they buy.
I realized that was the “I deserve” mentality, which I turned into a depression, when my children diagnosed with cystic fibrosis programs delivered. I was so taken with “I deserve” that if I do not know what I (healthy children and deserved happy-ever-after), I was depressed, angry and borderline bitter. “If I deserve it, why not me?” and “That’s not fair. Why do all this?” And on and on.
I have come to realize that “I deserve” mentality keeps me emotionally. I finally concentrate on what I do not have (and money of course) rather than concentrating on what I’m thankful for. If things do not work as “I deserve” it, I depressed, angry, angry, or angry. After all, I do not deserve a happy life, healthy children, a successful career, a good marriage, the support I need with the children, and a nice car, like all those ads and stories, do I?
Well, no. . . . The truth is: No one owes me anything, and I do not really deserve anything. Why is the job of the universe or karma or fate or God, give me some? All I have is a gift, a blessing, not something I earned. Because in the end we may all be silent. Children die or are never born. Car accidents happen. Jobs. The houses are excluded. Businesses fail. Marriage is hard. Most of the world is not enough food and clean water, let alone a universal health care, medications and paid retirement checks. I am blessed.
This year I focused on gratitude, gratitude and appreciation. I decide to look on the bright side, living in the positive and creative ways to make lemonade from lemons to find. Therefore, the book (which I co-author) “Parenting Children with health issues” means so much to me and bring me such joy. I am doing something positive with the hardest challenge of my life with two children with cystic fibrosis.
Rather, two children with cystic fibrosis and brings all the pain and headache with depressed, I’m happy in my life that they do not think they are so beautiful and sweet, and we live in America with the best healthcare in the world. Instead angry about the recent work of my husband re-org-cut and pay, we grateful to have a job in this massive botched housing (he works for a home builder are). Instead of whining about the changes in our insurance and prescription plans to pay us more, plus extra effort, I am grateful we have insurance at all. I’m all for an incredible business and meaningful work that inspires me grateful, even though the day to day challenges. I am grateful that I have a wonderful family, despite all our little quirks and hang ups. I am blessed.
I have earned? Not a bit of it. I am grateful for? You betcha. Even if the children are sick, the house is a mess and the financial pants.
The new year, I concentrated on running my blessing fees. This is what for me in it. . . . . . . And that’s what it for you!
(Reprinted with permission from Parenting children with health problems by Foster W. Cline, MD and Lisa Greene.)
