The Gratitude of Patience!

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When I was 22 and just starting out in my military career?I was?laid-up in the orthopedic ward of?a military hospital after having reconstructive surgery on both my legs.? I experienced firsthand what it felt like not being able to walk.? I was wheelchair bound. ?It is normal after major surgery to have no sensation until the nerve activity between brain and legs would connect and I could start walking again.? So the road to recovery was at that time insurmountable to me and I was angry and frustrated.? I was in the Airforce and just wanted to get home and back to work.? Patience was definitely not my strong suit back then as I laid there wallowing in misery and acting like a child.

Every morning when I woke, I would be visited by the surgeon.? He would ask me to try and lift my legs one at a time. With all the strength and willpower I could muster I tried to no avail.? This daily routine included a trip after breakfast to physiotherapy.? After being helped into my wheelchair, off I?d go to my 2 hour physiotherapy class. When I entered the physiotherapy center I was surrounded by World War 1 and 2 veterans and other military service personnel going through gruelling treatment.? I was asked to get off the wheelchair on my own and hop down to the gym mat where I was joined by others; one of which had lost his leg.? I was humbled into silence as I watched these brave men day after day go through the agony and struggle to gain their life back.? When I returned to my room and hoisted myself up onto my hospital bed I laid there and cried and prayed for those men.? I learned a valuable lesson that day.

Those times when I became flustered and impatient I reminded myself of those brave men.? I had an attitude adjustment from God. Everyone in this world at some point in their lives will experience adversity.? I learned that no one can control what happens in life. You can only control how you respond to it. I was inspired and changed to a ?Can-do? attitude. No more self-pitying tears I forged on as I had plenty more work to do if I wanted to walk again! I did not surrender to self-deprecating feelings of defeat and persisted in my physiotherapy classes with grace and the will to walk again.? I worked very hard and refused to give up.

After weeks in the hospital I awoke one morning and was able to lift my legs.? I cried with joy and laughter and then gave silent prayers of gratitude.? A patient and positive attitude has paid off.?? Affirmations can help you through your challenges. From the Dynamic Laws of Prosperity by Catherine Ponder declare: ?I refuse to give up. I shall continue firmly, steadily and insistently until my good appears.? ?I have learned how the power of changing my attitude and having patience has worked for me.? Keep moving forward living your best life with persistence,?kindness?and loving patience.

Tags: attitude, Gratitude, patience, persistance, Positive Thinking

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