Top 50 Symptoms

Lisa Emrich has listed the "Top 50 Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis." I hope U.S. readers here had an inspirational and rewarding Thanksgiving, even if you were/are experiencing some of these. Hopefully, Christmas for you will be relaxing and full of sparkly goodness!

The holidays, though, seem to be a stressful time of year for many folks, and stress is not good for the body. Maybe the best approach is to get analytical about it. If this is a hard time of year for you, why? What unique factors about the holidays make it that way? 

Once those answers are in hand, think on what can be done about it. Is there anything someone else can do to help? Telling others what is troubling you may allow them to come up with ways to assist. Modifying traditions and working together to make this time more enjoyable for you will often make them more fun for others. When people love you, they are tuned into you. If you're out of sorts, they'll know it. Allowing them to take some of the burden or brainstorming with you on solutions just might bring the holidays into a healthy perspective for everyone involved.

Frequency

Last night, we watched an interesting movie called, "Frequencies." The basic premise is that every person has a frequency. The higher the frequency, the "more nature tries hard to give you what you want." The lower the frequency, the more "unlucky" you are; you are out of balance with nature; things fall on you or trip you; the physical world and your body are out of sync.  

I've tripped, stumbled, fumbled, and gotten pummeled oodles of times for most of my life. I mean, really; how many people can gash their gums open by eating an M&M that splits just right and plunges downward? It takes a special kind of talent....or is it something else?  

So, maybe I need to raise my frequency. I know the things attempted in the movie, but you won't find spoilers here on my watch. 

Hmmm... What could I -- the non-scientist, low-frequency simpleton -- do here at home to make my surroundings treat me with more dignity? How does one raise their frequency? Stand inadvisably close to a microwave antenna? Should I hum an ear-piercing, high monotone note while rapidly blinking my eyes? Perhaps I should hang my head out the window of a speeding car....at night....while shining a flashlight forward then back then forward...

I had a dream last night. We were downtown in a city and looking at a sidewalk cafe ahead of us. There was some sort of city-wide contest going on where you could gain a prize by stealing wine glasses and presenting as many different specimens of them as you could on some future date, assuming you didn't get caught and jailed in the meantime. So, hubby and I decided to take turns rushing some of the cafe tables in order to each swipe a wine glass. I went first, and that's when the magic happened. Now, I know theft is wrong, but let's focus on the good. 

My gait was swift and sure! I leaped easily over low benches and a planter without stumbling or knees buckling or plowing face-first into a waiter's feet. It was like I was an Olympian! It was wondrous. I was a precise machine of athleticism. It was a beautiful thing. I didn't tire; I didn't trip; I didn't even have a thought in my mind that my body wouldn't do what I wanted it to do. I fluidly streaked to that glass and escaped with the prowess of an ancient Greek warrior. Wow!

I awoke with a smug, pleased grin on my face. Yup, perhaps all it is I need to do is maneuver that frequency dial in my brain. Look for me in Rio in 2016! Well, or Tokyo in 2020; it might take a while to perfect this.

Ignorance is the Disability