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How would you see life if something drastic happened to you?

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How would you see life if something drastic happened to you? The MS story continues..... Lately, I have been impressed to ask people just that question, how would you see life if something drastic happened to you? I am talking being diagnosed with an incurable disease or cancer or the such? It is my hypothesis that when a person is thusly diagnosed the things which used to be major headaches become minor irritations! Shortly after I was diagnosed in 2010 with Multiple Sclerosis, my uncle is a scant 8 years older than I am, felt the urge to come from his home in Indianapolis to St Louis: to apologize for his horrid treatment towards me as kids. He was much younger than his siblings, my mother and her sister and other brother, and had almost raised as an only child. I thought about his request for forgiveness to such treatment and this is what I told him. After my relapse, in which I was essentially rendered blind with Nystagmus, unable to walk to Vertigo so severe that it...

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Ask for help. You're worth it! Free lifeline  1.800.273.8255 OR text CONNECT to 741741 RecklesslyAlive.com Your brain is lying to you.  YOUR LIFE MATTERS!!! Choose to LIVE! Tuesday 8-22-2017 So last week, I asked the question, “What do you do when your mind goes to the dark places?” Valid question to which, I got many great answers but not one person took the time to say, “Hey Skip, where does your mind go in those times?” You see many times, we hide those times by putting up a façade of everything is a okay, I am a pillar of strength!!! But would anyone have thought that Robin Williams, the funny man, who made people laugh daily with his jokes, would have done what he did? NO, he was successful, loved by many, had a great family as well as respected by many. One of the greatest comedians of all time Jerry Lewis said of Williams. That he (Robin) was the Jerry Lewis of our day! But sadly, Robin dealt with his own demons…. We all deal with our demons...