Headed back from the SVP Cincinnati All Partner meeting, J.R. and I started discussion the challenge of individuals with chronic pain, illness or conditions - Back/Shoulder/Knees and Joints; Diabetes, Crohn's, Parkinson's, etc. Only when the reality of these conditions hit you personally - as the individual coping with the condition; a care-giver living this condition with you; or a family/friend who sees the condition through the lens of the person affected - do you really understand the daily life challenges and the long term implications the individual faces.
J.R. (one of the most humble people I know and someone who has a chronic condition) had a great response to my own "enlightenment":
"It's not a big deal.... but it is".
How true! Individuals that persevere; draw the least attention to their condition; live life to the fullest with whatever handicap they have been dealt; demonstrate the ultimate humility.
It is that very courage that cries out in humility - "It's not a big deal.
Yet - for those of us close enough to see the adversity they face and deal with - "It is a big deal"!
It's only when you think less about yourself - that others think about you more!
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