365 Blessings

A planner is used for planning. You write down in the different boxes/dates what is up ahead. It's a schedule of some sort to follow.

But we with MG, or POTS, or really any chronic illness, often can't plan... or we can try to plan and often have to scratch it out and try again. Whether our bodies are too weak, we don't want to risk getting sick, or we are trying to conserve energy and have to pick and choose- what's inside a planner or a calendar isn't what it used to be.

Often we can get down about this. Many times we wish we could still work, meet up with friends, go out every weekend, attend big parties, take big vacations. We might wish that planner was filled up like it used to be... that we could look at our calendar and say "no can't do that because I already have somewhere to be that day" as opposed to "probably not because I don't think my body will handle it" and leave yet another box on the calendar blank.

I have a solution.

Fill that planner, or calendar. Fill up every single day. Yes, every single day. But... don't fill it in advance. Here's what I want you to do instead:

At the end of each day, I want you to take that planner or calendar and write something in that box. The only rule is it has to be positive. It can be something fun you did that day, a prayer that was answered, something you accomplished, a moment you want to remember, a blessing you received or a blessing you gave. But there can't be anything negative about it.

Now do this every day for the entire year. On December 31st, before a new year comes, you can then look back at your planner... completely filled! But, filled not with appointments or plans that were crossed out... but filled with beautiful, positive memories and moments. 365 blessings, all your own.

We all often forget things. So a solution to that is to write it down. Well, I think we all often forget how blessed we are and how much we do still have regardless of how much has been lost. Same solution- write it down.

Life is what you make it... here's your opportunity to make it good.