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The Three Day Quote Challenge: Day 3

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Thank you again to Robert (A 30 Minute Life) and Jen (Tripping Through Treacle) for nominating me for this incredibly uplifting and inspiring quote challenge! The written word has the power to uplift and inspire, and can help us to remain resilient during the darkest times. This challenge is a perfect chance to remind me of so many of the beautiful quotes that can help to turn on the light when times are darkest.

The rules of this challenge are as follows:

  • Thank the person who nominated you
  • Post a quote for 3 consecutive days (1 quote for each day)
  • Share why this quote appeals to you
  • Nominate 3 different bloggers for each day

And the final quote for this challenge is:

[Tweet “Everyday may not be good, but there’s something good in every day”]

The quote again is one of my favourites and one I am continually reminding myself of, on the many rough days that I experience because of chronic illness and chronic pain, the two constant companions in my life.  On these dreadful days, days where we are unable to see the light at the end of the tunnel, it is easy to forget the many pleasant things that make up our life away from constant illness and pain.

At the end of these crummy days, it is so easy just to write off this day as terrible but in my experience, our days are never just wholly bad or good.  There is always something to be thankful, every day there is something good, as small as it may be, in every single day, no matter how horrendous we may have felt.

That is why the above quote appeals to me and is vital in my everyday life; it makes me appreciate the small, amazing moments in my life amidst even the bad.

My nominees for today are:

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The Three Day Quote Challenge: Day 2

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Thank you so much again to Robert (A 30 Minute Life) and Jen (Tripping Through Treacle) for both nominating me for this quote challenge! The written word has the power to uplift and inspire, and can help us to remain resilient during the darkest times. This challenge is a perfect chance to remind me of so many of the beautiful quotes that can help to turn on the light when times are darkest.

The rules of this challenge are as follow:

  • Thank the person who nominated you
  • Post a quote for 3 consecutive days (1 quote for each day)
  • Share why this quote appeals to you
  • Nominate 3 different bloggers for each day

Today’s quote:

[Tweet “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind”]

This quote immediately came to me, especially after sharing an old post that I wrote two years ago.  We have all been in the position in which other people have hurt us, either by their actions or by their words.  When living with a chronic illness, there are many ways in which I and others who’ve been hurt by the actions or words of other people.

One such example is by being ostracised or excluded from social engagements, and although many of these many instances may not be intentional, it doesn’t nevertheless lessen the hurt. When our conditions are invisible, many people may even doubt your illness, which when you continuously suffer from debilitating symptoms, it can hurt even more than any symptom can.  But, just as the quote above states, those who matter are the ones who believe us even when every test fails to provide any answers.  The ones who matter are those who are always there for us whenever we need a shoulder to cry on, in need of help around the house or need groceries or other essentials we’re unable to get ourselves.

Those who doubt us exclude us or hurts us don’t matter, and we should only concern ourselves who do.

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The Three Day Quote Challenge: Day 1

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Thank you so much to Robert from A 30 Minute Life and Jen from Tripping Through Treacle for nominating me to take part in this brilliant quote challenge!

Anyone who knows me will know that I love quotes and positive affirmations to remind me of the beauty that exists in the world despite the darkness and all of the terrible atrocities that happen all around the world.  As someone living with chronic illness and who regularly struggles, bombarded with many different symptoms, quotes are a helpful reminder that there is still good that exists in my life, and the bad days will pass, making room for days full of joy and positivity!

The rules for this challenge are as follow:

  • Thank the person who nominated you
  • Post a quote for 3 consecutive days (1 quote for each day)
  • Share why this quote appeals to you
  • Nominate 3 different bloggers for each day

[Tweet “For I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship”]

 

‘Little Women’ has always been one of my favourite novels, having read since I was a young girl.  This beautifully written novel has always spoken to me, being able to relate to the struggles of each of the four siblings at different times of my life.

It has always been one of my favourite quotes from ‘Little Women’ book, serving to remind me that although storms elicit panic and fear, these are the conditions that we often learn the most.

For me, living with a neurological condition, the many challenging flares that I’ve experienced has only sharpened my awareness of the coping strategies that best help manage the symptoms, and in turn, helping when the inevitable next flare strikes, making the storm less severe, and me better at handling the rough waves.

My nominees for today are:

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Top 3 Tuesdays: Music to lift the spirits

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Welcome to the twelfth day of the National Health Blog Post Month Challenge hosted by WEGO Health.  Every day during the month of November I will be writing a new blog post related to health and living with a chronic illness based on given prompts provided by WEGO Health.

Today’s prompt reads:

Top Three Tuesdays: Name three songs that you can listen to that gets you out of a low point or lift your spirits 

 

The Overtones: 'Saturday Night at the Movies'
The Overtones: ‘Saturday Night at the Movies’

The first for my top 3 of songs to lift my spirits when living with chronic illness gets me down or my symptoms are particularly is not actually a song but, have instead chosen an entire album.  Last week, was a very tough week as my dizziness was extremely severe and was left unable to function but it was also the week that the new album by the group ‘The Overtones’ was out.  The album is entitled ‘Saturday Night at the Movies’ and as the title suggests it is an album composed of popular songs from films such as ‘The Blues Brothers’, ‘Dirty Dancing’, ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ and ‘Pretty Woman’.  I instantly fell in love with listening to the album and despite the severity of the dizziness and how miserable it was making me feel, I found however that listening to the upbeat songs instantly lifted by spirits and my mood.  My particular favourite songs on the album to listen to, for lifting my spirits and making me feel happy are ‘Shake a Tail Feather’ ‘Do You Love Me?’, ‘The Bare Necessities/I Wanna Be Like You’ and ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’.  An album that has out a smile on my face even through the darkest of hours.

What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger) by Kelly Clarkson 

Again this is another uptempo track, which instantly lifts my mood anyway.  But in my opinion, this song makes a great soundtrack on an album designed especially for ‘spoonies’ as it is a reminder that although it may not always feel like it, especially when our chronic illnesses are bad we are still strong for living through all of it.  Although, it’s a song about a break-up after the end of relationship, it still applies in many different areas of life, including rising back up after a knock from living with a chronic illness.

Born This Way by Lady Gaga

This is by far my favourite Lady Gaga song.  It’s upbeat, fun and most of all the lyrics remind us that whatever makes us different from others, whether it’s sexuality, skin colour or in spoonies case living with a chronic illness then we should not be ashamed of who we are, and instead celebrate our uniqueness, because after all “we were born this way”.  In the past, perhaps long before I was diagnosed I was ashamed of my health problems, and the symptoms that I constantly had to live with, and this song just reminds me not to be, and just love myself for the person I am instead of the person that I wished I could be.

 

So, there are my Top 3 Music Playlist to lift my spirits on a bad day with chronic illness.  What are your go-to songs when you are going through a low point or need to listen to something that lifts your mood?  As ever would love to hear your comments and views so please comment below….

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NHBPM Day Seventeen: Health Playlist! My Condition in Song!

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Welcome to the 17th Post for the annual ‘National Health Blog Post Month’ – and the prompt I have chosen for today is a really fun post!  We have been asked to make a playlist for our health community!  I thought I would include some songs which tie in with the symptoms I experience (as I will find none relating to the condition itself!), or lyrics that I am able to relate to.

1. Tommy Roe – ‘Dizzy’

This is quite obvious why I chose thing song, as it’s plainly obvious by the blog and previous posts, that dizziness is the main symptom that I experience on a daily basis, and can really relate to the lyrics “I am so dizzy, my head is spinning, like a whirlpool it never ends…”  None of the other lyrics really apply to my life, but those lyrics really describes my daily life!!

2. Tenth Avenue North – ‘Worn’

I found this on another fantastic blog, I read, and when I listened to the song, I immediately fell in love with song and its beautiful lyrics and downloaded it straight away!  It can really apply to any illness or condition, and can really relate to the lyrics, which include “I know I need, to lift my eyes up, but I’m just too weak…”.  Great song!

3. Katy Perry – ‘Part of Me’

Although, many pop lyrics pertain to relationships and love, if you look beneath the lyrics, they can really be applied to any situation.  In the song, Katy sings “This is the part of me that you’re never going to take away from me”, and this really applies to all of us battling chronic illness, no matter what form that takes.  We may wish that it could be taken away, but with a condition, like me, it is a part of me, something that cannot be removed…

3.  Les Miserables – ‘I Dreamed a Dream’

I watched the musical from its 25th year Anniversary at the O2 Arena in London about a week ago, and found it to be the most beautiful and breath-taking musical, most of us are familiar with the song ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ thanks to Susan Boyle after she famously sang it at her audition on Britain’s Got Talent.  I instantly fell in love with the musical and its songs, and ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ can be one in which chronic illness sufferers can relate – well kind of!  All of us battling illness everyday, am sure is a million miles away from the ambitions and life they had imagined; dreams which because of illness hasn’t been able to come to any fruition.

4. Kelly Clarkson – ‘Because of You’

I mentioned this song in a previous post about the song; how I related the lyrics to the dizziness and how it males me feel.  You can read that particular post here.

A Little Playlist to remind all chronic illness sufferers how special they are and to encourage them to keep strong!

1. Bruno Mars – ‘Just the Way You Are’

2. Kelly Clarkson – ‘Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)’

3. Avril Lavigne – ‘Keep Holding On’

4. Christina Aguilera – ‘Beautiful’

5. Gavin DeGraw – ‘I Don’t Want To Be’

6. Lady Gaga – ‘Born This Way’

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