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“The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.”

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Your mom called today to confirm plans for dinner and a movie tomorrow night. Your initial response was, “Great, I’m looking forward to it.” But then common sense overrode your enthusiasm. You realized you couldn’t predict how you would be feeling tomorrow, so you told your mother you’d have to let her know in the morning.

Later, you began to feel sad and demoralized. You hated to make your mother wonder and worry. You hated having to leave the plans up in the air. And those feelings were intensified because you’ve always taken pride in your ability to keep commitments, and because you’ve always felt good about being dependable and responsible.

Times are changing, and clearly so. And from now on you are going to do your best, as gracefully as possible, to change along with them. You’ll try to be as understanding and as patient with yourself as others have been with you. You’ll fight off the idea that you have suddenly become irresponsible, undependable, or unstable. You’ll remind yourself that today’s limitations have nothing at all to do with the kind of person you are.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

The illness affects my body, not my values or moral fiber.