Time - noun The indefinite continued progress of existence and events.
I know that time is one of those subjects covered by every health related writer/journalist out there but I hope I'm taking a slightly different view on it. If you've read all of this before then I apologise, please forgive me and next time I will be extra original, I promise.
Being a spoonie means that quite often your symptoms are expected to worsen over time so the future can look a little bleak and it can be really hard to appreciate the time you have right now. Depression can seep into all of those little nooks and crannies that whisper insecurities about your future and turn the volume up until whispers become screams and time suddenly seems to be running out on you.
Time is fluid, it's constant but it's flexible. Make the time to appreciate all of the great things you've got going for you right now, no matter how small they seem; people, architecture, nature, music, literature or maybe the fluffiness of your teddy bear. Find time to do something just because you can, draw chalk rainbows on the pavement because 'Why not?', do something ridiculously impractical just for the sake of doing it. After all, in a few years you may not be able to so seize the moment.
Take control of time. Shove a sock in the depression for a little while because right here and right now you can do it.
The future will be whatever it will be, but the present is something you have the power to manipulate if only you give it a go.
No comments:
Post a Comment