Give up? Be bitter and
depressed? Absolutely not!
by Alison Bonds Shapiro, M.B.A. in Healing Into
Possibility
Originally published online by Psychology Today
Originally published online by Psychology Today
The other day I went to give a talk to a group of people who were
in rehabilitation. I do this often in many places. The room was filled with
patients and their family members, sitting in a semi-circle in front of me. At
the end of each talk we go around the room and ask people to tell their
stories. Both the patients and the family members have so much to share. Every
story is powerful, full of courage and determination. But some stories stand
out. I would like to tell you one of them.
Looking around the room at
the assembled group, I noticed this particular woman in the wheelchair for
several reasons. She was very attentive to the talk, engaged, smiling, nodding
her head. What was being said obviously had meaning for her. I noticed her also
because she was in a power chair, one with an electric motor operated by a
joystick, and she had braces on both arms and legs, which is unusual for a
stroke patient.
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