Alzheimer's Blogging: Alzheimersblogging:

Attitude is very important with almost all that you do. But when a loved one has a disability it is important that you have a good attitude and to help them have a good attitude. I saw a women today at subway that had a stroke. I could see it very clearly, since she was walking with a cane and she could not use her left hand and dragging her left leg. But what I also saw was a women who was not going to let this disability take life away from her. She was smiling and friendly and waiting in line like every one else for her food. Yet there are others who have had a tragic thing happen and it ruins their life and all their loved ones life. I have a relative whose husband had a stroke. It has been a few years now, and although I have not see him, I have been told he makes life for himself and everyone around him miserable. He can't seem to do anything for himself. He yells at people and expects every one to jump when he needs something.

ATTITUDE POEM
Attitude is more important than facts
It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failure, than success
Than what other people say, or think, or do
It is more important than giftedness, appearance, or skill
It will make or break a company, a home, or a relationship
The remarkable thing is we have a choice, every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for the day
We cannot change the past, we cannot change the fact that other people will act in a certain way
We cannot change the inevitable
The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude
I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me 90% how I react to it.

Sincerely,
Marie Fostino
Alzheimer's A Caretakers Journal
Seaboard Press An Imprint Of James A Rock Pub., Co.
www.mariefostino.com
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