If you had seen me this morning I was doing my normal everyday yoga stretching reaching out with my hands to my feet and all of a sudden massive pain in my left knee as something inside gave way. For the next four hours I could literally not stand on the left foot. I couldn’t apply any pressure whatsoever. However my remedy was to spend two hours on a phone rollerWith the roller at times directly unde my knee, my kneecap my shin and my thigh. Perhaps it was my mostly protein-based food that helped. The chicken bone broth with added vegetables for lunch as well as the two protein shakes. I have learned long ago not to feel sorry for myself. Never to give in, never to give up, just keep on going against what my body might think carrying on redefining what I’m able to do as as opposed to what I’m not able to achieve. I have had several close encounters with death in my life and my wife took her life 16 years ago this month. A little bit of anger and disappointment still remains inside of me even though I have forgiven her. In my opinion while she was a very sick woman what didn’t help was the antidepressants given to her at the time hours before she took her life. I’ve tried should be a firm believer not to ever take medication unless it’s absolutely vital. Mental illness is invisible for many years I struggled with it being very visible for me and I wasn’t able to do anything about it to help my wife as sad as it was. So it’s amazing With a ropey shoulder an inflamed bakers cyst in my right knee and now my left knee playing up yes I was feeling sorry for myself to a degree this morning but the fact of the matter is I’m out now proving mind over matter. How I feel is just a mental challenge that can be overcome by perseverance and this is how I will always be irrespective of my life challenges. It’s like the coronavirus any one of us might have had it. None of us know if we are immune to it. But no matter what this is not the time to give up but just to have the mindset whatever life throws at you take it in your stride if you can and your doable challenge will be to overcome. #overcomeobstacles #overcomementalillness #nevergiveup💪 #suicideprevention (at Trent Park Lake) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAQrwLiDVeQ/?igshid=17nypbjxm0lsq
