Comments on: Acceptance? http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/acceptance/ This is a blog about me, my recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis and my struggles to stay positive about it! Sat, 18 May 2013 06:47:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Wren http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/acceptance/#comment-1289 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:51:20 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=912#comment-1289 There’s a real modicum of peace that comes with acceptance, and it applies to just about any negative in our lives which we cannot control or make go away. RA can be a big one. I’ve found that acceptance when it comes to RA is always evolving. Just when I think my RA has become a regular, not-especially-noteworthy part of my life, it changes in one way or another and forces me to wrestle with it all over again. And yet if, like you, I look over the whole of my daily life, I can’t really complain. I’ve got it pretty darned good compared to lots of other people.

Great post, Penguin. It easily trips the “thoughtful” wire in the mind. ;)

]]> By: Cathy http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/acceptance/#comment-1287 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:51:42 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=912#comment-1287 I like this acceptance. Yay for you that so many great things are happening in your life despite RA.

]]> By: Lindy http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/acceptance/#comment-1286 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:52:49 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=912#comment-1286 That was a lovely perspective. I think it’s hard whilst in the throes of pain to find perspective you know you are ‘better’ in some ways when one finds one’s thoughts are for someone else other than your body. At least I found it so. I was totally in self absorbed survival mode for a few months of pain then my empathy gene kicked in again thank god. Thinking about others actually makes me feel better. Am new to this and the epiphanies that come with RA.

]]> By: deb aka abcsofra http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/acceptance/#comment-1284 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:13:03 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=912#comment-1284 So true with acceptance and ra. For me as well, there will always be pain and it is just a question of a dull throb or all out full blown pain but it is always there and will always be there. I have come to accept it and move on. And move on I will. That is my greatest challenge…to keep moving and accept that although there are days I may have to fight to keep moving, I will. This is my acceptance of my ra and in so doing I have now been able to once again begin to focus on some lost dreams and to now try and accomplish them. Acceptance is good.

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