It was just minutes after 8am this morning and already i had received an email from a CF mom telling me her daughter went back to school today after being hospitalized with pneumonia for a bit and that her picc line will be coming out on Wensday-she has CF but don't tell her that it will stop her from doing anything -YAY, a little me (watch out world) Then...the next thing I read is a post from a friend that she is LIVING with CF, 6 yr old twins, and coming up to 4 years post lung transplant.  I met her prior to her transplant and she was REALLY sick.  Now, i can "feel her energy and joy" through the computer on her post. (I see some signs of Dottie in her too-especially the sparks of determination and a tiny bit of stubbornness!

it's gonna be a good day! I feel fed with hope and strength and the sun is shining.

I guess what i am trying to say in this is that life moves, it happens and if we can do whatever we have to, whatever we can to get through the difficult days, better days are sure to come.  I know what has kept me going every time I have a set back whether it be a health set back or just a personal 'life" set back (had a few of those also) is that understanding that tomorrow is another day and gives another chance for all possibilities and if i can just do what I need to do to get through this day, it will come.  I hold very tight to my goals i want to accomplish and on the days they seem very out of reach, I put the vision of them right smack in my face!  You have to fight for what you want guys...making that step to get out of your comfort zone and do something towards your goals will Empower You.  It will give you mental and emotional strength that will lead you... I made myself stare at my medals I won in the transplant games during my wait for a kidney when i couldn't even walk the distance I sprinted for them. I hung them right next to my TV in my bedroom and made myself 'see them" it was painful but it also fueled me.

I also would make myself get up and drink a protein shake many times during the day while i was waiting for my lung transplant and couldn't breathe for anything.  The last thing I wanted to do was eat but i knew this would fuel me, would keep my weight on, which was crucial, it would give me energy when i did those walks on the treadmill and most importantly I was building my foundation for better days.

I trained my body in all aspects of Wellbeing. Physical, Emoitonal, Mental, Spiritual and Nutritional.  The young little hero with CF and my friend thriving with her transplant now is doing the same, it is the key to make it to the good days and make the bad days better!

I know things can be hard but I have always found that it is those days that make you stronger, more powerful and it is a power inside once you connect all these fazes that just cannot be stopped.  I speak about alot of this in my upcoming book Seven Letters that Saved my Life and we here at WBW, will be offering some tools soon to help this also. 

So, today I will think of my young little hero with CF that went back to school today with a picc line in and my "soul sister" as she calls herself who have made it through the many bad days trying to raise 2 kids tethered to oxygen who have stepped out into the sun today as i put my sunglasses on and head out to LIVE my day too.  Make today matter people, its worth the effort   Have a great day,
Love dottie