How to Find Your Own Light After the Darkness of an MS Flare

I see that two months have passed without my offering our monthly check-in blog. So I’ve decided to jump right into September with that as our first post. I think I’m getting my head around the fact that if I don’t do something when I think about it, I may not remember that I was planning to do it. August — the month of the ancient Irish Lúnasa celebration and of my birthday — slipped past me this year, as I was in an exhausted haze. My months-long MS relapse had stopped its free fall, and the past weeks have found me stutter-stepping my way back to whatever my new normal will look like. I mention Lúnasa because of its significance not only to the Celtic calendar, but also because it’s not a bad way for me to look at this difficult time. The Difficult Parts of Life Are Just Parts of Life Many think of Lúnasa as simply a harvest festival. But while the harvest is assuredly part of the celebration, it’s also a time when we realize that the earth has begun to turn away from the sun — away from the light — and we must prepare for the darkness and learn to live in our own light. It has been with your help over this difficult time that I am learning to embrace the difficult parts of life as just parts of life like any other. And just as a warm fire can keep the darkness and cold at bay on a winter’s night, so, too, can the light we store from the good times brighten the more difficult ones. I thank you for helping me to store up some light! ‘Being’ Rath...
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