Going hand in hand with yesterday's post is the concept of living within your limitations. Pacing yourself is part of this concept; another part of it is learning to function within our physical limitations.
When my daughter was young (about 5 years old), I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in a knee joint. I was forced to accept that I could no longer play jump rope with her, but we could go for a long walk or a hike. I could not jump into the shallow end of a pool because the impact on landing was painful-so when she and I went to the pool in the summer, we would go to the deep end to jump in. I could give you many more examples of this concept, but I think you can get the picture from what I have already said.
The hardest part of this is acceptance. It comes with time. It comes easier if we spend more time focusing on the things we CAN do and minimizing our focus on the things we have to give up.
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