Welcome to my blog. It varies how regular I write posts here. I sustained a 'Traumatic Acquired Brain Injury', and a six month coma from a 'road traffic accident' whilst cycling, in October 2006. I spent the following 4 years (22-26yrs old), in a combination of hospitals and rehabilitation homes. Now, I have been living independently in Surbiton, England since October 2010. This blog begun life in December 2010, as i realised that there are many people worldwide that i want to share experiences with. I know that, as a wheelchair user, I am obviously not as mobile as i wish, so, use the internet to connect to you. I enjoy letting my thoughts represent through type. I type honestly. As numerous readers, as well as email recipients, will understand, I find typing to be very therapeutic. Thank you :)
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Thursday, 23 July 2020

standout forever



A 1968 performance of 'Man in the west'

RIP Ennio Morricone 

So, I posted the comment in a ‘Brain Injury Awareness’ Facebook group. I do realise that it is a very personal view, and many of you will disagree. It is a mentality that I have used throughout the past 14 years!

 Survivors survive for a reason. Recognise this.
Hold it close throughout rehabilitation. Recovery is not a destination, it is a journey. Everyone’s life is a journey. Brain-Injury recovery is only a diversion!

So…

As everyone is being forced to wear a mask now, a few questions that we must consider…
  
  • Do we not risk entire public complacency, owning a sense of ’total safety’?
  • No-one has succeeded in isolating the ‘virus’, therefore we cannot name it as such. We cannot expect it to behave as such. Who knows?
  • Masks are just ‘face-coverings’. Unless a medical grade/standard, can we prove that all masks stop things?
  • Who has economic interest in our consumption of more and more (and more…) raw materials?
  • We mustn’t consume, we do have some ethics!
  • How can humanity sustain such consumption?
  • If we are so sure of it, why was this not enforced, back in March?
  • Is this not proving to us all, how much our weak government, failed the country?

Masks


Please, do what’s right.

I can’t look forward to anything
The above sentence is a basic fact. Accept it, or not.
It can upset me, but then it must be recognised as a positive as well!
I live. 
I live without expectancy. I have learnt, oh so well, that anything can happen. 
We cannot be 100% sure of ANYTHING. 99.999% yes, but nothing is certain.
I know that it can be foolish to rule something out as impossible.
By holding such a belief, I reinforce it by suggesting that ANYTHING CAN happen. Always allow room for optimism!
:) 


Many of you will know my complete comfort in speaking the truth.
I have nothing to hide. Ever since lying, disabled, in a hospital bed, I have relied on others. Less and less, and less, with time, but I still require physiotherapy now! I will always rely on others.
It has always been strikingly obvious, whilst using a wheelchair, that I require assistance to get about. I need help supplied by the power-wheelchair! It is totally pointless trying to blend-in. I will forever standout. It is pointless to try and hide…
… So, I recognise this, and I am desperate that people see ’the good’ in me.
Speak the truth.
When I speak, everything that comes out, is the truth. I cannot lie.  
I would despise the thought that people may see me ‘in a wheelchair’, and form preconceptions…
… So, I speak, explain my thoughts, opinions, views etc…
… as received positively, I am able to understand that I am correct!

Regular readers of this blog will be able to recognise that I use a similar mentality when typing here!

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