#meghanorourke

[myositisandme]

'The Invisible Kingdom' by Meghan O' Rourke. This is another great read for those with a chronic illness! It's more about the author's journey but I like that it includes a lot of scientific information for those who want to get on that side of things (especially with Covid-19). I also feel that I can relate to it more compared to the other books that I've read (the online support groups she joined, her want for children, etc). By the end of the book, I love the author's honesty and I'm just happy she eventually found her happiness 😊 Here's my favourite quote from the book: "I really want to get better, I thought. No, not better. I want to have the will to keep living with this illness". #theinvisiblekingdom #meghanorourke #books #read #chronicillness #covid19 #spoonie #zebrastrong #mentalhealth #invisibleillness #raredisease #selfhelp #selfdiscovery #myositis #lupus #pots #antisynthetasesyndrome https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn-f8g9vIYD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Inventing a Horse

Inventing a horse is not easy. One must not only think of the horse. One must dig fence posts around him. One must include a place where horses like to live; or do when they live with humans like you. Slowly, you must walk him in the cold; feed him bran mash, apples; accustom him to the harness; holding in mind even when you are tired harnesses and tack cloths and saddle oil to keep the saddle clean as a face in the sun; one must imagine teaching him to run among the knuckles of tree roots, not to be skittish at first sight of timber wolves, and not to grow thin in the city, where at some point you will have to live; and one must imagine the absence of money. Most of all, though: the living weight, the sound of his feet on the needles, and, since he is heavy, and real, and sometimes tired after a run down the river with a light whip at his side, one must imagine love in the mind that does not know love, an animal mind, a love that does not depend on your image of it, your understanding of it; indifferent to all that it lacks: a muzzle and two black eyes looking the day away, a field empty of everything but witchgrass, fluent trees, and some piles of hay. ***Meghan O’Rourke, "Inventing a Horse," Halflife, 2007.