Mackenzie Mathis: More Helpful Websites

Sunday, December 7, 2008

More Helpful Websites

My mom found the following article that someone wrote to help people understand what a person with chronic pain and fatigue goes through on a daily basis. I have shared it with a few friends and it really helped them understand! I hope that it helps you understand too!

http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/navigation/BYDLS-TheSpoonTheory.pdf

I have also been asked to share with you some poetry that I found. I am NOT a great writer, but when I read this poetry, it was as if I had written it myself! I also sent these to several friends to help them understand!

http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/2007/07/poetry_sleepless_nights.php#more

http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/2007/01/poetry_alone_at_night.php#more

http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/2006/11/poetry_being.php#more

http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/2006/06/poetry_pain.php#more

http://www.ehlersdanlos.ca/dialogue.htm

http://www.freewebs.com/chiariwarrior/mypoetry.htm

This is a long, but VERY good, letter that someone dealing with chronic pain wrote to help a "normal" person understand! EVERYTHING described is how I have felt, so I thought it may help you understand as well!

http://www.thedailyheadache.com/2008/02/helping-others-understand-a-letter-to-people-without-chronic-pain.html

I hope this has helped you better understand what I have been feeling. Let me know if you have any questions!

Mackenzie

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Nehemiah said, "Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength."

Jeremiah 29:11~
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Job 1:21-22~
At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said:
"Naked I came from my mother's womb,
and naked I will depart.
The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away;
may the name of the LORD be praised."

Jeremiah 31:13~
Then maidens will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.

Isaiah 43:2 & 10~
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze."You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after Me.

Hebrews 12:2-3~
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Hebrews 10:23~
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

Philipians 2:13~For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose.

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I am a dancer. I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living.... In each it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes in some area an athlete of God. ~Martha Graham

Next time you're mad, try dancing out your anger. ~Sweetpea Tyler

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We sing in a church, why can we not dance there? ~George Bernard Shaw

Dance isn't a form it's a way of life.

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Dance is not technique but expression that comes more closely to the inner language of man than any other. ~George Borodin

If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it. ~Isadora Duncan

Wherever a dancer stands is holy ground. ~Martha Graham

Dance is bigger than the physical body. Think bigger than that. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of your fingers, because you're dancing bigger than that: your dancing spirit. ~Judith Jamison

Dancing is like bank robbery, it takes split second timing. ~Twyla Tharp

You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart.

Dance is a delicate balance between perfection and beauty.