Comments on: I Miss that Crazy Strong Chick http://dancingwithpain.com/i-miss-that-crazy-strong-chick/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:03:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Greg Katz http://dancingwithpain.com/i-miss-that-crazy-strong-chick/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Greg Katz Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:39:42 +0000 http://dancingwithpain.com/i-miss-that-crazy-strong-chick/#comment-220 I must say it sounds like your ability to move is going in the right direction. Even when progress isn't complete if it moves forward we're making progress. The twelve-step programs talk about progress not perfection. That's a concept that those of us working toward restoring to pre-illness status have a hard time tackling...at least I had for a long time. Your eloquent sharing about watching Dillon move on the truck and how that was you at one point. It punctuates the fact that when facing an illness we all have to develop a "new normal". It doesn't diminish, in fact, I think saying this is what I can do today and actually doing it is empowering. Keep moving! I must say it sounds like your ability to move is going in the right direction. Even when progress isn’t complete if it moves forward we’re making progress. The twelve-step programs talk about progress not perfection. That’s a concept that those of us working toward restoring to pre-illness status have a hard time tackling…at least I had for a long time.

Your eloquent sharing about watching Dillon move on the truck and how that was you at one point. It punctuates the fact that when facing an illness we all have to develop a “new normal”. It doesn’t diminish, in fact, I think saying this is what I can do today and actually doing it is empowering.

Keep moving!

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