Loving Ourselves through Illness and Disability

Yesterday was Valentine's Day. This day gives us the opportunity to tell those who we love how much they mean to us and how they have enriched our life. For those of us dealing with illness and disability, it also gives us a chance to tell OURSELVES how much we love us.  Sound crazy?  I beg to differ.

Being sick does a number on our ego. Often, we feel lacking and less of a person because we have some kind of health challenge we're dealing with.  Sometimes we get that from others, but most of the time it is born within, in the place where we are insecure of ourselves. We sometimes get angry at the illness, at whatever is causing or has caused us to feel the way we do - imperfect. That anger festers, and keeping that anger doesn't give us the opportunity to accept who we are and love who we are. And, I contend that loving who we are - embracing all of us, including our illness or disability - is the way to happiness and having a fulfilled life...and the best way to meet the disability head on, get help and support, and move forward. 

So, on Valentine's Day, remember to love yourself.  Mwah!