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Believe...Miracles do happen... the power of believing

Fri, 06/17/2005 - 20:56
Thank you Maggie. I wanted to say exactly what you said, but I didn't want to rock any boats. Belinda, for what ever reason finds my posts and replies very negatively all the time. Epilepsy is a very hard disorder to live with. There are many different types of seizures, everyone takes different amount of seizures daily, monthly, and yearly. Depending on the case and the person everone hanles their disorder differently. Our bodies and emotions are like rollacossters, not knowing what the next day day will bring. We cannot change the past, we do not know what is going to happen tommorrow. Will we have a seizure? Will my body feel run down. I do not now, but I am not going to focus on what might happen. I am going to focus on now. I am not going to let my disorder take control of me. I cannot control my seizures, but I can control the way I feel. I can accomplish my dreams and acheive my goals.I have been through a lot in life. I was not always this positive. This is something that takes time, and hard work.I started off with big dreams of becoming a big exec in new york. Being another Donald Trump! I got a job with a big TV network in NY. It was a lot of hard work and it was not as glorifed as I pictured. I had 9 seizures in 1 day. During one of the seizures I fell in the main hall (grand mal) 2 Produces walked by. they didn't even help me. half hour later I was fired!That same week I was crossing the street in the city. I fell and had a seizure in the middle of the street. The light turned green. If you're familar with NY you'll know that cars don't wait for no one especially taxi's!It just happened that 2 cops were on the corner and saw me fall and 1 dove in the middle of the street to help me and the other directed taffic around me. God knows what could of happed if those cops weren't there.I had many things happen, just like everyone else and I'm sure we all have our stories to tell, many far worse than those.What I am trying to say(message) we are not going to have a perfect life. and things are not going to turn out the exact way we plan, but we cannot let that stop us from loving ourselves, reaching our goals and enjoying life to its fullest.And if you have not reached this point, in which you think like this then get up from out of you seat and start looking to find the answers so you can make you dreams come true...I write now and I have a website where I write a lot of articles and stories, poetry ect.. to help people including my self.May peace be with you...Staceywww.authorsden.com/staceydchillemiI didn't give up. I began to work on myself

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RE: Believe...Miracles do happen... the power of believing

Submitted by maggie on Fri, 2005-06-17 - 20:11
Hi Stacey,Thank you for the nice reply.Ya know,I'm at the age that I really don't care what people think as long as I'm not out of line and rude.Rock the boat,so what,she sure didn't care hurting your feelings.Not that two wrongs make a right,but that really bothered me.As we know mircales DO happen and yes we all have our own stories to tell but the way I see it,is that it doesn't matter how our stories go or how they end,the end result is BELIEVING!! Your reply did me some good tonight,because I feel very depressed right now.I feel like everything has been taken away from me....No driving{I'm very active,on leave from my job}No swimming{unless I have a gaurd}No riding the lawn mower{which I love to do}No babysitting my grandchildren.My family is very supportive and my husband of 32yrs. is wonderful.Just feeling down today.   God bless,Maggie

RE: RE: Believe...Miracles do happen... the power of believing

Submitted by staceychil on Fri, 2005-06-17 - 20:56
my e-mail is staceychil@aol.com if you would like to e-mail mestacey

RE: RE: Believe...Miracles do happen... the power of believing

Submitted by Ladybug on Sun, 2005-06-19 - 06:44
Maggie,I can relate to the feeling like everything has been taken away. I lost my driver's license this past week and have been SO depressed. My family says they understand what I'm going through, but how could they? It's so frustrating!I'm so glad I'm not the only out there that feels this way. It's good to know I'm not alone.Ladybug

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