Disability Pride Month
Today, let’s talk about the biggest contradictions on this planet - the love hate relationships that make us question our values. This can be with people who seem to be the problem and the solution lol. It can also be with our home that we tirelessly put our heart and soul into but feel overwhelmed at the same space. It can be with such trivial things like our hair for example, is so nice and thick but, at the same time hard to maintain. It can literally be with anything honestly, and with me, one of them is my disability.
I always had a love - hate relationship with my disability. (Yes, love too!!) I know that having it made my life tough and there are days when I’m so over this wheelchair/life (Doesn’t Everyone have those days?). But that doesn’t mean that I would have my life any other way. I don’t need to be changed or want a different life because I love the way it is. Truly.
I’m a strong believer of “Everything happens for a reason” that we know nothing about now. (Hopefully, later we will lol😅) And plus, I gained so many new perspectives, met so many empathetic souls, embarked on a spiritual path (and not looking back), got so many opportunities all because of my disability. And somehow, all these put together just makes it feel fine to embrace the life I was given. There are so many things that have happened and so many things I have to deal with because of this disability but, I would not have it any other way. (Sorry to anyone who disagrees)
Good and bad emotions can coexist. The bad ones are actually very necessary for our growth. But there is always something we can be grateful for. ALWAYS. July is Disability Pride Month, and it singlehandedly makes me into a better human being every day! Isn’t that what we want anyway? To eventually grow into someone, we are proud of?