Limited mobility | Unlimited stories: When something doesn't go according to plan
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Oh! Heart cracking a little on that one. Humanity, and all the challenges we face alone and together, is so complex. Big hugs, honey.
So big, so small... I just could feel why he was cursing, the frustration, the panic, the "But I NEEDED this to work the way I planned it"... Hugs.
Aw. So hard when we really want things to go one way, yet they go another. And at the same time, sometimes these detours lead us where we really need to go.
(Also reading up on the idea in your referenced blog) I found it a fascinating idea to specifically spoon out your energy; to take life in measuring cups. I get how that could work, but I have found that while some (chronic and painful) conditions benefit from tempered and moderated activity (don't push yourself over your limits or live to regret it) there will just be some days you are out of spoons before you even started, even when you stuck to your limits yesterday! Unfair! Or just the way the cookie crumbles. Better hoover those crumbs up though, tip out the bag and save them for a meagre day!
Is the moral of this story one for the tram driver? To do less wittering and more accurate driving?
Felt the warm support you gave the elderly man in your research of how much extra effort that misfortunate incident cost him.
Yes, absolutely true @sukhasanasister! Some days the spoons are pretty much non-existent. Or you might have one, and that one spoon is spent on something someone else doesn't even ever think about as an act that 'takes effort'.
Ah, morals... I don't really have one. I just observe and don't really judge. The tram driver didn't mean to get someone in pain, but he did. The Old Man didn't want to curse but he had to get his panic 'out there'. The girls were probably unaware of their privileges but were in their own right to complain.
I just recognized it. So much. Wish I could have helped him but was counting my own spoons...
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Wow! Sounds like something I would do! I sometime forget things even after placing then on my hands to take!
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Really been interesting reading
I really appreciate when people have the empathy to even consider the amount of spoons another person may have. I'd imagine those two women were equally as upset as the old man was, and probably didn't give his struggle a second thought. Whenever I take the bus, it always puts me in a mood. There's always some complication with the system, and I find myself losing spoons from the whole ordeal. We have a school for the blind in the area, so a lot of our passengers are blind. Everytime they step on, the whole atmosphere changes. They are consistently the most jovial passengers, never complaining about bus times, rude passengers pushing past them to get on, or the treacherous ice they had to walk on just to get to the stop. It always resets my perspective. Life is hard for everybody (even the privileged) but the same experience shared by multiple people can be a completely different experience for some.
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If only people understood the lack of spoons issue :( The world doesn't cater for those of us who don't fit into those nice little normal categories, which is a shame because those of us who are outside that box probably have more drive and determination as a result
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