Raising a different ability…
Watching this blind person
playing musical instruments
with such lovely voice,
I can’t help
but admire the patience
of his parents or guardians
for successfully, turning him into
such a beautifully abled person!
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One too heartbreaking to arrest!
One too heartbreaking to arrest!
I read about a theft at the grocery store, where a woman stole 5 eggs to feed her hungry kids at home when questioned by a police officer. The latter took her to the grocery store to buy some items instead of arresting her!
Sometimes, one has to apply humanity instead of the law. Such compassion!
Here is a police officer who used his brain instead of arresting and putting behind the bar, the thief who needs help; … the thief whom societal safety net and politicians have failed.
Beautiful people do not just happen!
Beautiful people do not just happen!
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Quote:-
“I’m not the kind of person who likes to shout out my personal issues from the rooftops, but with my bipolar becoming public, I hope fellow sufferers will know it’s completely controllable. I hope I can help remove any stigma attached to it, and that those who don’t have it under control will seek help with all that is available to treat it.” — Catherine Zeta-Jones
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Remember to turn on the light!
Remember to turn on the light! (Senyru)
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When darkness consumes,
remember, turn on a light!
it’ s a switch away
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Quote:-
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” — Albus Dumbledore
An irretrievable click!
An irretrievable click!
An arrow released,
cannot be retrieved.
A harsh word said,
cannot be forgotten.
A button pressed,
or even autocorrected,
is irretrievable!
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Leaking stoma bags and ‘the window’
Leaking stoma bags and ‘the window’
Anecdote 1- Mr. Ahmed
“Nurse B, my bag leaks again! The other nurse A applied the bag just thirty minutes ago!” called Mr. Ahmed, a bed-ridden patient.
“Sigh! Look at the mess! Now I have to change a new bag again, the bed linens and your hospital clothes!” Nurse B grumbled as she changed the linens and the stoma bag…
Nurse Chen saw the patient tearing silently. She went toward him.
“Nurse Chen, see that window? If only I can walk! I would jump out of it!” he cried sadly.
“What is the point of ‘saving my life from cancer of the large intestine’, if my life is such a mess everyday!” he lamented the poor quality of life after operation.
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That happened in the late 1980s. A small pioneering team of surgeons and nurses were tasked to look into the care of patients who were operated and had a stoma (<—see the images here) on their abdomen or ‘tummy’.
Those days stoma bags were a basic bag with zinc oxide adhesive (below). Very often it leaked and the fecal effluent spilled all over their clothes and bed linens. The skin around the stoma became excoriated or burned by the frequent contact with the excrements. It became inflamed and excruciatingly painful.
It was very depressing for the patients, and frustrating for the patient, home-carer and healthcare staff, too.
Upon discharge, some patients used cloth, new-papers, coconut shell, empty tins over their stoma to collect the effluents. Some created their own stoma bags (see below).
Old? Who is old?
Old? Who is old?
Quote:-
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. Mark Twain
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OCD- Where’s that tiny, winy, little crumb?
OCD- Where’s that tiny, winy, little crumb?
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He looked under the table
He moved the chair
He scanned the floor
left and right.
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Ah, here it is
as he picked up
a small piece of crumb;
a tiny, winy little piece,
how satisfied he was!
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That was one
of his OCD behaviours!
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I have got this obsessive compulsive disorder where I have to have everything in a straight line, or everything has to be in pairs.
David Beckham
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I’m a hygiene freak. I’m like obsessive-compulsive when it comes to washing your hands.
Kelly Clarkson
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Assertiveness, a skill to learn.
Assertiveness, a skill to learn.
I sat behind the class to listen to a class on cognitive behavioral therapy. My son was in the front row. The class was for parents as well as patients with mental disorders. The topic was on assertiveness.
Assertiveness is adopting a firm position in a disagreement without compromise. Assertiveness is not aggressiveness. I learned to respect him when he said no to something we were negotiating whether to do or not. It pleased me that he knew his limit on a certain issue. He had to learn how to manage daily happenings in order not to get upset emotionally.
Many things in life are beyond our control. We have control only over oneself. We can also choose to assert our stand, or ignore if it is none of our business!
It is a skill that can be learned and applied.
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- “The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.” ― Louisa May Alcott
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Tenacity: the little ‘mountains’ kids have to climb
Tenacity: the little ‘mountains’ kids have to climb
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A video had been forwarded
many times over the social media.
I can’t help but to admire
the tenacity of this kid!
Look how he grips
the linen with his chubby hands!
See how his face presses onto
the soft cushion with tenacious determination!
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Each time he pulls himself up
his foot grapples clingingly
onto his ‘huge opponent’, the mattress,
as if, in wrestling, with such strength of will,
a will bigger than himself
with persistent perseverance
that would put shame to some adults!
Ouch! He is falling!
Landing on his butts, head lifted up in reflex
and he picks himself up again!
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Yes, he is halfway up on the bed now!
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Oh, no, he is falling again!
On that long thick mattress
placed next to the sofa-bed!
He re-bounces, turns back immediately,
…with a fixity of purpose, that is, to climb up that bed!
And hurray! He is finally up and crawling on the bed!
Triumph flashes on his face!
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Tenacity means never to have
words like ‘failure’ and ‘giving up’!
Many of our kids have been through
those little ‘huge’ challenges
those little ‘mountains’ kids have to climb;
rolling-over, learning to stand up,
walking that first step, crawling around.
Each of those are mountain-like tasks
matching those growing-up years.
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They were just the beginnings.
The beginning in preparing them
and their mind-set for bigger goals in life!
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Quotes
- Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. – Louis Pasteur
2. There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.”― Terry Pratchett
