I read in overcoming MS about doing work on yourself, I didn't hink that applied to me. I was wrong. I began meditating in May 2012 and have been discovering things abot myself since then. Yesterday I was replying to a forum when I became aware of my limitations & how MS has been affecting me for the past 20 years or so. The times when I have put my heart into something and then been physically exhausted for long perios afterward. It is a pattern that has followed relationshop loss, job stress & church, family & becoming a parent. I was not really aware of my limitations until I wrote out a reply about me being a stay at home Mum & why I am. I think it is of great benefit to the children and I don't have the energy to work and be a wife, parent & housekeeper. I just don't and that is OK. This is where I am and I can do heapd but I can't do everything and I am OK with that. I don't even want to do everything, I need a lot of sleep and rest. That is OK and it is what I need not what I expect of everyone.
With the Olympics I am have been painfully aware that they are made of different stuff than me. I have tried in the past to push myself & it has not worked for me. I need to work with how I am made and not against it. I find that liberating.