I Got Tired of Dwelling On Loss

I Got Tired of Dwelling On Loss

Brain Injury was one more thing that

taught me about loss. Uncontrolled

seizures further taught me that loss

had somehow become my boss. There

were so many days I totally resented

such a tremendous life cost. The truth

is I was miserable feeling and dwelling

only on the things I had lost. I knew I

could only change these things from the

inside of me. I made a point of noticing

all the things I had been too busy to see

while caught up in the rat race of life. At

some moment I realized I was walking

through a new door. A door where I had

a greater appreciation and understanding

of what life should always be about. I also

walked through that door with an understanding

of the gift of life despite its strife. I 

realized when everything else was stripped away 

I still had belief, faith and hope. These gifts 

were the gifts that most helped me to cope. These 

gifts are within each and all of us. We have to 

search for and notice the blessings, and that 

was one of my greatest brain injury lessons. At 

the end of each day I can consistently say the 

blessings out weigh the loss and heartache. 

Actually, surviving anything has a whole lot to 

do with our attitude.It also seems to have a lot 

to do with our gratitude.

Debbie M. Wilson