158 Quotes About Chronic-illness

She has fought many wars, most internal. The ones that you battle alone, for this, she is remarkable. She is a survivor.

She said that being a woman means everyone hates your body, and your body hates you.

The question is not how to get cured, but how to live.

As a disabled person, I resent the idea that we, in all forms and severities, should be punished for what is out of our control.

I move my arm through the airLike I am dancing through timeand spaceLike a child discovering my working bodyFor the very first timeI smile and laughGiddy and delightedAt what once escaped my notice for 29 yearsHow wonderful would life beIf we could rediscover itWith each new sunrise?To awaken to ourselvesAnd witnessEvery breathEvery soundEvery sight, feeling, and movementAs the miracle it is?

Before I knew it, I was once again being whisked down the hallways at the new hospital into an even bigger room, one that, unbeknownst to me, would be my home for what would feel like a long, long time.

As I sat up I turned my head to the side, but immediately straightened it again when I felt a sharp pain shoot through my neck.

My relationship with God is now healthier than it has ever been, because before I thought I deserved a cure, or miracle like those described in the Bible. If God is a healer, why won't he heal me? What I know now is that there is a purpose behind his every action and the actions of his son, and I don't have to look to be healed in order for my own happiness and a life lived well.

Pain is a portal to transformation,It does not knock politely.