you Just hang with US girl...we will have ya Rollin !!

the simple answer, although not the best one, is to find just one thing in your day that is good. I know it may be hard. God knows it may be hard. My wife stuggles everyday, sometimes just to get out of bed. Pain for her rarely goes below 8/10 but, there are things to be thankful for, kids, family, the fact that the higher being that created us has given us one more opportunity to make a difference, weather that be for ourselves or someone else. a friend of mine says good follows good and bad follows bad. osupoke started a "what are you thankful for post" everyday somedays i know it will be hard to answer, somedays it may not change for you, but i would say start with that, cheerfulness is something that is a priceless comodity, but each of us has the ability to achieve it.

Jeff

I think that a lot of us have been through so much in our lives before Fibro that we have become very strong mentally. We try to see the good in everything and not just concentrate on our pain and suffering. I have had depression all of my life but it doesn't have me. I try to look around me each day through my pain and illnesses and count my many blessings. This place and these people here are on that list of blessings in my life. This is my second family. I find a great deal of happiness in helping others that may not be to their strongest point yet. So we tend to put others before ourselves most of the time. I think that it has to do with that care giver in most of us. Because most of us are mothers and try to soothe and comfort anyone who is hurting and having a bad day or overwhelmed by this illness. We have our bad days too but we don't dwell on ourselves because we have learned to do things that help us have a better day. Laughter is good medicine and we do a lot of that here. We don't always talk about our illness and struggles with it. We get to know each other in a more personal way and create friendships as good or better than in our real world. So just make yourself at home and join us. We will be here for you through all of your ups and downs. You're not alone anymore in your fight with this illness and your life challenges. We're here for you too. Love and Hugs, Debbie

TOTALLY AGREEING WITH MAMA AND HAZ! WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNINGS YOU HAVE A CHOICE ON HOW YOUR GONNA BE THAT DAY. I KNOW FOR ME ALOT OF MORNINGS I WAKE UP AND THINK NO NOT AGAIN. THEN I WILL LAY THERE AND THINK OF ONE THING IN MY LIFE I AM THANKFUL FOR. AND SOMEDAYS ITS ONLY THAT GOD BLESSED ME WITH ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE TO LIVE.
SWEETY YOU HAVE FIBRO...IT DOESNT HAVE YOU...LIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY...AND BELIEVE ME THE REST WILL FALL INTO PLACE!!!

OH AND THESE PEOPLE ARE CRAZY...LIKE DAKOTA SAID STICK WITH US..YOU WILL BE ROLLIN!! SOME DAYS THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE I GET A LAUGH!!!

HUGS TO YA!!

when you need to do something...just Do It...when you need to rest...REST !!

When you NEED to laugh...Come Here !!

and make No Excuses...No Aplogies...Live, Laugh...LOVE !! and REST !!

I am new here and I have to say that coming here each day is truly a blessing. I can relate very much to you Jerrysgirl. One of the worst parts of being in pain all the time and depressed is that it seems to make you constantly look inward and you feel alone. I hated that. DS is a way that you can start looking outward toward others that know and understand, so you don't feel alone and sometimes you can actually look outside yourself and offer encouragement to someone else. It is very gratifying and it helps me feel so much better emotionally. I don't know if this makes any sense at all...it is just how it has blessed me. Hugs to you!

Honestly, I am everything but cheerful. I guess you could say I am professional at convinicng people I am doing well adn nothing is wrong with me. I just try to stay positive. "Fake it till you make it!"

thank you all for your comments, i will try, but i will tell you most of you guys are hard to keep up with, thanks