Multiple sclerosis: The power of positive thought

A couple of weeks ago I was having a bad day. A friend asked me what was wrong and I told her that I wished for once that I could wake up one morning and not be ill, not have those nagging fears in the back of my mind every time I felt a twinge in a muscle or nerve. She asked me how I coped with my illness and how I always kept so positive. When I told her, she thought for a minute and then said she was going to follow my example and put into practice in her own life everything I had said. She said it should be an example of how to go through life regardless of anyone’s situation.

The more I thought about it, the more correct I realised she was. It took a serious illness and some pretty obnoxious behaviour to make me realise what was important in life, but in reality the changes I made are changes that any one of you could make at any time. Believe me it works, I know.

There’s still a lot I want to achieve. I still have those unfinished projects, but I will finish them sometime – honestly. I still haven’t got round to finding my dream career, but I am on my way there. And I still don’t have that husband and kids, but they’ll come along in time. Oh, and I still harbour ambitions to become that abseiling granny! Maybe one day.

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