I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my new friends in our Ostomy community the best for 2012. This site has been a blessing to vent frustrations & also to lend support to those in need. There are so many people carrying very heavy burdens here. Those of us with lighter loads will do our best to lighten the loads of all who are struggling. The world could learn a lot about caring for our neighbors & those less fortunate.
Humor has been a large part of my recovery because I have always enjoyed laughing, at myself & others. Endorphins are also strengthened through laughter & general well-being. Doom & gloom are too easy to fall into in life's hurdles. There is always someone worse off than us & so why dwell on negativity like poor me. Self-pity is just a terrible weakness & worthless endeavor.
In closing, I would like all of you to know that I am a better person for joining this site & meeting all of you. Those here who are my close friends know how much I value true friendship. I love meeting new members & trading life stories with them & laughing like crazy. To all of you, I will leave you with this thought for 2012 & forever. "Health is Wealth." God bless.
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Hi Crossley. Ya know, I think it’s all about feelings. I don’t mean the pain feelings which could control everything. I mean the feelings inside our heads, our hearts and even our souls. I mean the feelings of who we are now compared to who we were; how we accept our situation or maybe we don’t. My wife asked how I felt and I said, “like crap”. She asked what hurt and I answered, “Nothing hurts, well, everything hurts, I don’t know, It all sucks.” That was a long time ago. You question if your feelings are normal. How normal is it to relocate your butt hole to your belly where it’s usually in the way of your belt and, you know. But that’s where we are and for lots of us we are so much better off than we were before, physically. Emotionally, psychologically, well, that might be a different story. I believe talk therapy is wonderful if we could find a real empathic or sympathetic listener. So guess what! I found MAO and began “talking” with a keyboard with some of the wisest, kindest most sympathetic and compassionate folks on the planet. Regardless of where we’ve been, lots of folks here have been there and worse places and found their way back healthier and happier. We really do help each other.
Keep “talking”,
Mike
Many of us old-timers grew up watching Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians on TV at the Waldorf Astoria welcome in the New Year with the sweetest sound this side of heaven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsmjKicZ9qIfeature=related Happy memories; and remember, the best is yet to come! PB
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Hi Zeppo, the ostomy community is a better place because of people like you. Look forward to helping others and learning from this great community we have been blessed with!
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