We hope and pray for a cure. We explore alternative therapies. We surf the web and hit the library. We latch on to any tidbit we hear in the evening news that gives even the smallest ray of hope. We want our health back. We want to be healthy “like everybody else.” And we put our lives on hold while waiting for the cure.
Healing is different. Anyone can have it. You can have your disease and be healed at the same time. We are healed when we experience all the raw and painful emotions and let them go. We have a disease and decide to have a life too. Healing empowers us to take responsibility for our health, to value each person and each minute, and to treasure everything we have. Do we still hope and pray for a cure? You bet we do! But we make the most of our lives in the meantime.
Offered a choice between cure or healing, I’ll take healing every time!
Healing is different. Anyone can have it. You can have your disease and be healed at the same time. We are healed when we experience all the raw and painful emotions and let them go. We have a disease and decide to have a life too. Healing empowers us to take responsibility for our health, to value each person and each minute, and to treasure everything we have. Do we still hope and pray for a cure? You bet we do! But we make the most of our lives in the meantime.
Offered a choice between cure or healing, I’ll take healing every time!
Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
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