How many times have you said, “I am …” or “I have …” as if some illness defines you?
Any illness, regardless of how severe the condition is, is not who you are. You are much more than the illness that may be present. There is more to you than you know.
There is a major difference between any illness and the person who lives within the walls of your skin.
Yes, you may be a paraplegic like Jean Domineau Bauby who wrote a book by only blinking. This teaches us that he still could communicate with the rest of humanity by authoring his book helping humanity, even in his seemingly helpless condition.
According to https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/paralyzed-blink-to-write/ wrote:
“Patients who are conscious but almost entirely paralyzed, unable to move or speak, could be aided by French research that reads their brain activity to help them communicate.
“Jean-Domineau Bauby suffered “locked-in syndrome” when he woke up from a coma caused by a massive stroke to find his mental faculties intact, but body useless.
“Despite this he managed to write a memoir entitled The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to give the world a rare glimpse into the internal lives of the locked-in.“
He could only blink.
A triumphant memoir by the former editor-in-chief of French Elle that reveals an indomitable spirit and celebrates the liberating power of consciousness.
The New York Times quote on the cover of his book reads, “A wistful, poetic, ironic and whimsically affirmative testament by a man who refused to die in spirit.”
Jean did this by blinking.
If a paraplegic can communicate with the world in this way, then think of the inspiration of what you can do.
You are much more than what has happened to you, or any disease or condition you may have.
You are Light.
You are Love.
You are Hope.
You are Empathy.
You are Compassion.
You are Understanding.
You are the Healing Presence in a world so in need of reconciliation, of finding common ground, unifying rather than dividing, and building up with your thoughts, words and actions rather than destroying all the good that is around you.
You and I are creating heaven or hell here on Earth by every thought, word, and action that comes from you.
Now is the time to heal and help others recover from all kinds of abuses, socially, politically, and religiously.
Now is the time to heal.
Namaste