Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it – John Maxwell

I love this quote by John Maxwell!  It is absolutely true. 

IC is a terrible thing that has happened to us, but how we react to it is what really makes us who we are.  We’ve taken a giant leap forward in trusting that our bodies can heal when we do the hard work required. 

Our character is built every time we choose to be patient with this process, every time we say “NO” to cheating on the diet, every time we show love to our family in spite of how bad we may feel sometimes, every time we show compassion to one another on the ICAMA, and every time we choose to be courageous and keep going when fear threatens to overtake us.

It can be so tempting to despair about having IC because of all the limitations that accompany it.  But even though we can’t control the fact that we have IC, and to some extent we can’t control the ups and downs of treatment, we CAN control how we respond to all of it.  We can choose to be grateful that we have access Dr. B’s treatment, we can choose let the process mold us into more compassionate human beings, we can start to rely on God instead of just ourselves.

What an incredible opportunity we have to allow this journey to make us better people, and it really boils down to the choices we make in response to our circumstances.

Love to all!