A Chronic Pain Survivor's Journey through Resilience

Resiliency offers anyone skills to improve their quality of life.

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Resiliency is not merely positive thinking, it is active thinking, productive thinking. You acknowledge the problem and are given a set of tools to move forward.

Salire (sah-lee-ray)

Verb, to rise

A blog for those with chronic pain as well as others who might wonder what they are going through while fighting off pain and battling to win with their resilience.

"Life is tough my darling but so are you."

DAJ

Sep 13

We Are More Than The Worst That Has Happened To Us

“We are more than the worst thing that ever happened to us. All of us need to stop apologizing for having been to hell and back and come ...

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Aug 30

3 Secrets of Resilient People

“From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadow shall spring.” J.R.R. Tolkein Today was lovely and wonderful. Fall weather...

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Jul 2

Look At The Stars

“We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.” Oscar Wilde Suffering is not selective everyone experiences it at som...

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Mar 11

Anxiety Nothing More Than Failure In Advance

“Anxiety is nothing more than repeatedly re-experiencing failure in advance. What a waste.” Seth Godin For the past week, I’ve been cripp...

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Feb 27

Be Kind Always

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” Plato Somebody shamed me today for a mistake I made. I tried to tell myself t...

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Feb 5

I've Got A Dream

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” Walt Disney I may have been an unusual child. I grew up in a trailer park, spending much of my time...

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Jan 28

Gratitude Is Golden

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of all virtues, but the parent of all others.” Marcus Tullius Cicero I had a chance to experience gra...

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Jan 21

Don't Compare Yourself To Others

“Every minute you spend wishing you had someone else’s life is a minute you spend wasting yours.” It’s time for the Superbowl again. My ...

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Jan 7

Joy

"Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to chose joy and keep chosing it everyday." Henri J.M. Nouwen What a wonderful holiday season!...

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Dec 17, 2019

What Are Your Core Values?

“Your core values are your deeply held beliefs that authentically describe your soul.” John C. Maxwell We all know that our path through ...