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Chelsea
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Reminds me of my health and how I’m still battling, even on the good days. Also made me think of a piece by Joan Didion called In Bed where she mentions how after a migraine, she feels refreshed and clearheaded. Same.
“I remember thinking I wanted to die rather than live through another February day of grayness; I didn’t tell anyone because I knew it wasn’t normal. And normal was all I ever wanted to be.”
― Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
― Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
“Armed with my positive attitude and inherent stubborn nature, I keep my mind focused and my life moving forward. I stop to rest, pout and even cry sometimes, but always, I get back up. Life is giving me this challenge and I will plow through it, out of breath with my heart racing if I have to.”
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“Remember what you always told me.”
“Hold on tight and fight as hard as you can.”
― Goodbye, Rudy Kazoody
“Hold on tight and fight as hard as you can.”
― Goodbye, Rudy Kazoody
“I wanted to live more than I wanted to die. I didn’t know how to live. I didn’t know how I would be able to live life on life’s terms. But I know God carried me to the end of that journey so I could start a new one. In those few days, God brought me to the point of willingness again, to start down a path with an unknown destination.”
― Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
― Making a Pearl from the Grit of Life
“Life is a fight from the minute you take your first breath to the moment you exhale your last. You have to fight the people who say it can never be done. You have to fight the institutions that put up the glass ceilings that must be shattered. You have to fight your body when it tells you it is tired. You have to fight your mind when doubt begins to creep in. You have to fight systems that are put in place to disrupt you and obstacles that are put in place to discourage you. You have to fight because you can't count on anyone else fighting for you. And you have to fight for people who can't fight for themselves. To get anything of real value, you have to fight for it.”
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