Hey YouTubers. A few days ago I was browsing a messageboard that I sometimes visit and one of the topics got me thinking about something that I have yet to share with all of you. I've been keeping a dream log since 2006. This post isn't about that, though. What it IS about is the fact that before I really accepted/became at peace with my injury, I always was walking in my dreams. It wasn't until after I was okay with who I was as a person (in terms of the injury) that my wheelchair started appearing in my dreams. The strange thing is I never really consciously thought I wasn't okay with who I was, but looking back, the signs were there. I never wore shorts because I hated the way my legs looked. I didn't want people to take pictures of me in my wheelchair.
Then one day, seemingly out of nowhere, I woke up and accepted who I am. I have to say that ever since, I really have felt so much happier with life, in general. People need to be okay with themselves. I wish that my epiphany had come sooner, but I am thankful that it came at all.
http://www.youtube.com/WheelzOfFortune
It is hard for me to imagine how you used to hate the way your legs look because of the way you 'show them off' in Youtube. You're just about the most confident person with disability I've ever seen.
ReplyDeleteActually, I, like many others, don't even want to go out without make-up. So, I'd say you're a lot more confident than many people who are not in a wheelchair! In that respect, I've a lot to learn from you.
Thanks, although I don't really think of it as showing them off. It is more just being myself.
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