tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post3672102886142083322..comments2024-03-22T13:46:31.211-04:00Comments on Getting Closer To Myself: Time Is A Luxury We Don't HaveLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13910940045470516414noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post-73749296161380819042010-04-29T17:43:18.992-04:002010-04-29T17:43:18.992-04:00This is a really thought provoking post. Thank yo...This is a really thought provoking post. Thank you, Leslie.<br /><br />I meditate on impermanence each and every day. Remembering death can help us keep our priorities straight and bring more compassion into our lives since we are all in the same boat. We are all going to die, we just don't know when or where. Even if we have illness, we don't know that we will die from that illness. Even if we are well, we don't know if death will pop up this very moment or tomorrow.<br /><br />I'm not concerned about being remembered. I would just like to lead a good life and have a positive effect on as many people as I can. If something I do continues beyond this life and has a positive effect that is wonderful.<br /><br />We all have short memories! I don't expect or particularly wish to be remembered. Even if I were to be remembered, it would only be for a short time in the greater span of time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post-24735635557966596332010-04-29T08:58:37.032-04:002010-04-29T08:58:37.032-04:00I began blogging to try and make sense out of this...I began blogging to try and make sense out of this madness that is chronic illness. Writing helps me clarify my thoughts and feelings and put them in some sort of perspective. Discovering a lively and active community of individuals with shared experiences has been a wonderful find for me, but I find myself spending very little time thinking about what comes after. I'm much more concerned with the person I am today- not sure what that says about me.elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04409662689998783717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post-11203805174859517242010-04-28T10:43:11.319-04:002010-04-28T10:43:11.319-04:00I think this is a very interesting point. One of t...I think this is a very interesting point. One of the main reasons that I started this blog was to help inform the families and friends of people suffering through lupus and similar illnesses what it's really like. <br /><br />In a sense, I guess I'm not worried that people will forget me so much as they will forget my experiences. and that includes me. between the lupus fog and the fact that memories fade or change with time, I would never be able to give as accurate account of what today was like as I can today itself. <br /><br />what we experience is important. the day to day struggles are as key a part of our illnesses as the lab tests and medications and so on. if we let people forget out experiences, it's almost like they forgot us - because without an understanding of what we're going through they can't completely understand who we areSRhttp://gradstudentwithlupus.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com