I was born with a congenital deformity, with no knees, lower legs or hip joints. Medical advice offered no chance that I would ever walk. However, I did walk only I was half as tall as anyone else. At the age of twenty I had the opportunity to wear artificial legs that made me 5'8" instead of 3'10". The experience was incredible. Thirty-two years later I decided to be short again.
Actually this is only the framework for a story about my spiritual evolving. The first part of the book is about the 'can do' gal who could handle whatever came her way. Then came the 'crash' and all the preconceived ideas about living went out the window. There I stood-empty of all the beliefs and concepts I had lived by, hoping that someday I would find peace. The old ideas and concepts just did not work. After the 'crash' came 18 months of nothing. Then Life presented me with some ideas to check out. I did and I found them valid.
As a result, life took on a different texture. Life is not a struggle to survive, excel, pay the bills and avoid discomfort. It is to be embraced and revered.
I, of course, still have many challenges. But my approach to them is one of gratitude, not resistance.