Find your Reason to Smile :)

While heading to Perth last week to follow a child at Princess Margaret hospital, I was reminded of the fortunate world I live in and how lucky I am to be alive and healthy. This 3 year old child I was glad to meet was born with a form of spina bifida where her spine and nerves extended past where they usually were and were 'tangled' at the end with a lump surrounding the tangle for protection. This can impair a child's ability to walk and use the toilet and usually requires surgery to fix when they have grown as much as they can with no major issues. While this child was fortunate to still have almost full function of her legs, bladder and bowel, the amount of children who were wheel chair bound was evident. But you know what? It was hard to find one child you could not smile all the same! There was two messages I learnt that morning,

1. Be thankful for what you have, there is always someone worse off than you, you have a body including your legs, arms and mind, use them to your full potential! You don't really know what you have until it is gone.

2. Children are inspirational. To be wheel chair bound and always find a reason to smile tells you that life goes on. There is always a reason to be thankful and a reason to be happy. Some days that reason is easier to find than others, some times you need another person to help you see that reason, but no matter what life throws at you, find your reason to smile :)

 

Rockin Raw

xox