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Living Joyfully with Chronic Pain?

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Contradiction in terms? Joy and Chronic Pain? Perhaps.

Depends on one’s perspective.

The bloom of color and light from my gardens … The sounds of water whirling in a full dishwasher and the hum of the dryer rotating; or the aroma of fresh-ground and brewed coffee … and spicy chicken slow-cooking in the Crock Pot; and the comfort of napping fur-kids at my feet. These things present me with an opportunity for Joy.

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. ~Mark Twain

Written by stargardener

June 14, 2009 at 8:27 am