On being grateful
other mental functions remain intact part. Suddenly being stuck in Monday morning traffic feels so much better, compared to being stuck in your brain.Patient #1 today made me grateful for my ability to speak freely. Imagine having Primary Progressive Aphasia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_progressive_aphasia), and while you read about it note the
Patient #2 today made me grateful for still having all my hair and my scalp post-brain-hemorrhage-operation-stitches free. Despite the fact that she puked in my office, luckily in the trash bin.
If I had someone like you at my weekend cabin, I'd never gotten dementia!Patient #3 today made me grateful for being the person I am; nice, kind and patient with Alzheimer's disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease) patients, even after listening about World War 2 and his famous kiwi jam. His quote, not mine:
Does your job make you grateful? In what ways?