How to be Positive with a Bad / Unfair Hand of Cards

This posting will be short and sweet. Part of who you are, and who I've learned to become is through my attitude.  Most of us get to chose how we perceive each day and each outcome. There are a couple of things you need to do every day in order to be successful in this endeavor. First, you need to come up with a unique  Positive Affirmation . This statement should be said every day, at least once. When I wake up in the morning, I pronounce to the world, " I Do It All. "  Bellow are 2 examples. "Life is What I Make It." "I can Accomplish Everything today." "I am a Successful Person."

The best part about having a chronic, incurable medical condition is that you get to, and should live every day to its fullest. When I was a growing up I was a healthy boy who loved being outdoors playing sports with his neighbors, wrestling with his cousin and doing it all with all my other good friends. I would play Red Alert and Red Alert 2 with my brother - running between his room and mine to go over our strategy And, every summer my family would take a vacation with our close family friends. Oh, what a childhood I was given. It was probably the best anyone could ask for. Vacations, friends, school, health, food, a loving extended family, and much, much, much more. The main theme of my childhood was being outside with whomever, playing with whatever I could find. It's painful to lose what I loved most - being active and carefree. Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers was medical jargon spoken to me by some fancy Dr. I have had to explain what MERRF is to way to m...