'A RAINBOW OF HOPE' Poem to follow on my next post.

Greetings Friends,

Today as I was listening and discerning as to what to pen today, I thought of the different aspects on my journey early on in my diagnosis of RSDS/CRPS.  I will share a poem that I have written titled, 'A Rainbow of Hope' in my next post. Without Hope, there isn't a beginning nor an end.  There is just this tremendous loss and/or hole, if you will.  Therefore, I feel it is vital to have Hope for everything and anything in our life and living.

Please note that I experienced many things to help me adjust, learn, cope and grow during these 20 plus years with RSDS/CRPS.  I searched out many things to help myself for the physical, mental, spiritual and in the nutritional aspect to mend, heal and complete the 'whole' of my entire being.  Body, Mind and Spirit effects all areas of ones body for complete healing and maintenance.   

Therefore, as I strive to help others in sharing my experiences, I will try to relate as to what I feel and know in my heart is/was important. The first thing one needs to be aware of is when we are hurting we must be 'open' and 'willing' to help ourselves in allowing other people into our life during this time, especially, in the beginning of your diagnosis, unprofessional and others.   

I feel this applies to any facet of life's struggles.  I believe that God designed us this way. Everybody needs support through caring and love.  I am sure that some reading this that know me finds this surprising as I am and have been a private person and still am in many areas of my life.  And, I still feel that is my choice and I haven't wavered from that.  I am speaking of real life trauma struggles and times we cannot help ourselves and than 'in turn' to help others in making a real difference. 
I am not speaking of the 'gossip' or 'facebook chattering' that we see from time to time that at the end of the day serves no good purpose.  This is just my choice and opinion in sharing.  I felt that I needed to clarify this for anybody that might be reading my post and have taken this in an incorrect fashion. 

Nevertheless,  this is where I decide to begin my post for today.  And, as I progressed into better days,  I chose to pen the poem, A Rainbow of Hope.  I feel that all of the people in the world cannot reach, help and/or support another unless the person that is hurting is willing to listen and see and/or search/believe in HOPE. 

Remember, I shared that after I found out my diagnosis in Houston, TX, I was on this airplane flight coming back to my home town of Evansville, IN, alone?  I had time to think, to panic, to fear, to sink into a place where I could not see nor feel Hope. 

However, I had already heard a friend share with me what HOPE can do.  I remember looking out of the airplane's window and flying midst the clouds, my mind drifted and I pulled out a pencil and paper and drew a little girl's picture.  This little girl was frail, she had no jacket that fit her, her cuffs were folded up very uneven, her tennis shoes were untied, dragging on the ground and she looked lost.  This was my image of 'me'.  I had penciled in this little girl that was lost, in pain and knew she needed HOPE.   

I penciled just beneath her picture the name of 'HOPE'.  And, as this awakening experience was unfolding before my eyes, beside her picture I penned these words:
I will begin my life on Purpose.  Her name, Hope, reminds me that all things happen for good when we reflect upon our Hope in the Divine and go within to tap into our resources to live our Life to the Fullest in a Way That is Divinely Meant To Be.

'A RAINBOW OF HOPE' follows in my next post.


God Bless!
Doris