"Whatever you can do, or dream you can , begin it.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I have had a very interesting life. Over the years the one constant has always been my attitude, I have always looked for the 'good bits' in everything; played 'The Glad Game'[ from the movie 'Pollyanna'] taken pleasure from all the little things: my children and grandchildrens' smiles,seeing a hummingbird, the first tulip,or squirrels in the yard; to name but a few things that warm my heart. I want to share my attitude with the world.
The road has not always been easy or smooth. I feel the ups and downs have molded me into the woman I am today. I was crushed between three cars in 1976 and endured multiple surgeries for the next few years. In 1983, I went in to hospital for surgery: was to stay for 6 days and be back on my feet in about 3 weeks.
The surgery was badly botched and those 3 weeks turned into a nightmare year++: months in hospital, feeding through a tube in my left side for 13 and a half months, mutiple blood transfusions, more surgeries: During the long 3rd surgery, a thorasic surgeon diverted my eosophagus attaching it to a hole he cut in my neck. I lay in intensive care with an abdomenal incision that was left open, hooked up to many machines, with multiple tubes coming out of me everywhere, while the saliva that leaked from the hole in my neck, ate through my skin and left sores down my neck and chest [saliva is like battery acid]; after 18 days some nurse sent for a stoma therapist who fashioned colostomy bags for me to attach to the hole, which still caused sores but they were much smaller and less painful, the hole in my neck was finally closed six months later, the scar tissue from the unusual procedure made it necessary to have my throat dilated every couple of months and causes problems still.
I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2000 and diabetes in 2003, chronic illnesses which I deal with every day with the aid of tons of medications including insulin and powerful narcotics.
In 2004 a good friend suggested I go for an appointment with Patricia Wall, who is a Self-Mastery expert who teaches different tools to deal with our various parts... conscious, subconscious, limbic system: a myriad of useful meditations, techniques and tools to assist you to live your 'Best Life'. through the use of these toolsets, and meditations over the next 6 years, I am much less dependant on medications and have had a few more surgeries, to give me better mobility.
It's 2010 and I am totally present. I 'Live in the Moment' as much as I can and am thankful for all the wonderful people in my life and all the joy I experience on a daily basis. I am content enjoying life to the fullest every day that I can and learning to allow myself the much needed rest on the bad days. After a tough bout, I forge ahead, still playing the 'Glad Game' always open to the wonder that is life. You can too.
This is why I offer coaching advice, both for small business & life. I will be a pillar of support and a voice of reason.