We're So Blessed

We always end up forgetting how lucky we are in life because of a recent argument with a friend, or a negative thing that has happened to us. But we should never forget.

We should never forget and take for granted the small things that make us so lucky in this world. One of my modules this year is about Communication Disorders and how people communicate who are not typically communicatively competent. This ranges from people who have gone through strokes or dementia (aphasia), those that have lisps/stutters, blind/deaf/inability to speak right the way through to those born with Downs or those who have had an accident and ended up in a vegetable state. People forget how much we need communication. We literally strive to communicate with everyone- people around us, our children as babies and even our pets always asking, what if they could speak- what would they say?

Learning about their huge struggles with things we do everyday without even thinking and how much their life has changed since then is so eye-opening. Some of the most suicides are over the fact that people are bullied for simply having a lisp... Isn't that a fact that is terrible to hear? How could something that we would consider insignificant and small compared to being deaf/blind/unable to speak be so damaging to a person's life.

It makes me think and want to remember that we shouldn't be feeling sorry for ourselves if we don't get our way, we should be counting our lucky stars that we still have the ability to see, hear, and speak to those around us.

If you're ever pitying your life for something that is insignificant, ask yourself the question of:

♥ What would life be like if I had to rely ONLY on my smell and taste to communicate with people around me?

♥ What would life be like if I was cognitively the same and competent, but after an accident, my body wasn't able to move the way my brain told it to? 

It's something that everyone should be aware of, and something we should remember.

Our lives are not hard. 

Yes, they are challenging at times but put next to someone who has suffered a stroke/has Downs/gets frustrated with a lips/stutter, our struggles are like molehills compared to their mountains.

We should never underestimate how lucky and blessed with are with our health.

We should never take our life for granted!

This is all I wanted to write for today's blog, it moves me more than I can ever imagine because I have personal experience with some of these issues. 

Be thankful ♥ 

xxx