Monday, May 2, 2016

Understand, Understood, Just Plain Under

Some days begin very slow which usually means that I watch a couple hours of television. Not my favorite thing to do. I've seen a few socialite movies recently. Groups of people attached to expensive wine, friends and problems while trying to understand their complicated lives. Plastic people doing plastic things. It seems silly and I can never fully understand why these movies receive three stars. Writers, professors, artists and movie producers all seeking fame, recognition and money.

I thought that my brain is damaged!

I seek to live my life free of ongoing comparison. You know, where I am and what I have vs what I was or should be, What I have and what I think I should have. I am what I am. Wasting my time to be something other than what I am is a silly movie. And I don't want to be an actor either. I am and do what I do! As a parent, a husband and in my career I did the best I could do. I apologize to no one.

Am I happy due to my cognitive changes? My physical difficulties? My psychological changes? Our lives wave like the wind in the trees. The world is not always a walk in the park. I do have a great deal to complain about. But I also have things I can be thankful for. I'm fortunate. We all need a tribe, family, friends and caretakers. I do not like clubs. I am not into family for better or worse. That is what describes me. A simple soup for a simple life.

We're all different. Before and after our TBI. There are things that hold us together and things which can keep us separate. I hope that somehow we can all learn to keep our lives simple. We seem to add to our complications. Let's discuss how we can find easy. Find love. Find Tribe. Those who stick together.


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