Sometimes It Is Lupus: Health Blogging Month Day 16: I think I can…

I think I can…..

1. Get out of bed
   tomorrow morning. (Well, I hope I can.)

2. Find creative ways
   to solve problems.

3. Lose this excess
   weight.

4. Think of some more
   things to write here.

5. Encourage other
   people with lupus to see the things they can do despite this
   condition.

6. Contribute
   something worthwhile to the online support network that already
   exists for people with lupus.

7. Do the dishes that
   are piled up in the kitchen (just got to build up the energy.)

8. Do some washing
   before I run out of clothes (again, just got to build up some
   energy.)

9. Tidy my desk.
   (Wait! I have a desk? Where did it go? How many unfinished projects
   will have to dig through to find it?)

10. Write a
    Nobel-prize-winning novel. (No, I don’t really think so, especially
    since I don’t write novels as such. I just threw it in to see if you
    were still reading.)

11. Find an elephant
    if it were hiding in my strawberry plants.

12. Make the time to
    take proper care of myself.

13. Sleep more than
    anyone else I know.

14. Learn to let go of
    the things that really don’t matter.

15. Stay sane, even if
    the internet does constantly drop out through the summer.

I know I can…

1. With God’s help,
   and with the help of my amazing friends, get through any challenge
   this stupid disease throws at me.

2. Make the most of
   the gifts and abilities I still have.

3. Use the extra time
   that working only part-time has given me, to develop skills I have
   not practised for some time (art, creative writing, music, etc),
   thereby using time that might have been a burden for a valuable
   purpose.

4. Keep my sense of
   humour. No matter how bad things get – laughing helps get things
   in perspective.

5. Find the energy to
   care for others as well as myself.

This post was written as part of NHBPM – 30 health posts in 30 days: http://bit.ly/vU0g9J