Navigating A Relationship Through Chronic Pain

If health issues weren’t enough to give me insomnia, I was very afraid that my relationship would just disintegrate. We’ve been together almost a year and a half, and in Bill's eyes, he tells me that I give him so much more and so that’s what our love is all about. So the wedding bells that chime in my head still have a chance of becoming a reality.

I'm going to enclose a wonderful quote that Bill found for me which I printed out and have on my desk. When i'm not able to push through the negative thinking, I read this out loud to help me get into a better frame of mind.

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.

Attitude to me is more important than facts.

It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other people think or say or do.

It is more important than appearance, gift, or skill. It will make or break a company...a church...a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.

We cannot change our past... The only thing we can do is play on the string we have, and that is our attitude.

I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.

And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes."

--Charles Swindoll.