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I am just an ordinary person who does mundane things, I try to be good to people and helpful and yet it seems nothing I do is right, it does not matter if its family or so call friends, it’s all the same. Yet their lives are no better than mine, ok I have epilepsy to deal with as well, which is not fair, but we all carry our own burdens good and bad. Looking around me here I see good people trying to get on with their lives and if I am honest, I am jealous of each and every one. I see young men and women (yes I am old by their standard) here with dreams and wishes, who true no fault of their own believe life is over, their dreams dead in the water and their wishes a drop in the ocean. Why, because you know nothing about this thing called epilepsy and you are not to blame for that. Yes I am jealous of them on so many levels. But take heart your Dreams are not dead, only waiting for you and your wishes are as important now as they were before this happened to you. I so wish I was as young as you with what I have learned but I smile realising you have yet to walk down this road called life, it is a smile of hope and wishes because this is no easy road at times and it never seems to end, but there are some very high points along the way that make up for the rest. But take a moment and see the other people who are new to this life as well, people with families, people who want to help somebody close to them who have been working hard and driving daily to work trying to earn a living and out of nowhere they find themselves, like you, in limbo, not understanding but trying and like you thinking life has just been ripped apart, maybe losing their job maybe because they can no longer drive and then there are the parents who are worried for their child not knowing what life has in store for their child or is there a life to be had, wondering can you live with this. Like a lot of people I have grown up with this and there is life but it is up to each of us how we shape that life.
Life is not over yet, it is only beginning. Look at all the people here who are living there lives, take this site for example, it was set up so people with epilepsy or those whose life has been impacted by it can come and talk to each other. It was set up by a man who realised that from his own experience and life just how daunting this is. Then you have the moderators who keep us on the straight and narrow but who are people like you and I, people who know and understand and are part of the makeup of this big family. People who try and help, some with jobs and very good jobs at that. So there is a life to be had if you want one. Yes I am jealous of these of all these people.
Life is not easy, it is not all a party but it can be our life and it can be good.
Life is not over yet, it is only beginning. Look at all the people here who are living there lives, take this site for example, it was set up so people with epilepsy or those whose life has been impacted by it can come and talk to each other. It was set up by a man who realised that from his own experience and life just how daunting this is. Then you have the moderators who keep us on the straight and narrow but who are people like you and I, people who know and understand and are part of the makeup of this big family. People who try and help, some with jobs and very good jobs at that. So there is a life to be had if you want one. Yes I am jealous of these of all these people.
Life is not easy, it is not all a party but it can be our life and it can be good.
