Day 290: Sciatica

Hello again,
This post is for Wednesday because I was unable to post. I honestly never thought I would be able to count sciatica as a blessing but I am attempting to. Honestly up till now, when the pain gets bad I would sometimes get resentful of people who have no problems walking around and seem to abuse it because it is so hard and painful for me. I watch people walking around without difficulty and I think about how hard it is to just walk to the bathroom on bad days. But with alot of thinking I think I see it a bit differently. I think I need to look at the times I am able to walk around easily and look at how grateful I am to be able to do that because I am aware of what it is like not to have that. Without sciatica I wouldn't be so aware of how wonderful it is to be able to walk around with ease. I would probably take it for granted because I wouldn't realize exactly how it feels to have pain in my legs that makes mobility difficult. When I am not dealing with the sciatica flaring up I will walk through a store and think how wonderful it is just to walk where I want and when I want to. I will walk outside and absolutely enjoy walking around the yard simply because I can. I can walk through the flower beds and enjoy the flowers. Of course it isn't impossible to walk with sciatica but it is just so painful that it makes it very difficult. I hope I have not been too depressing in this post-that is not my intent. I do find it difficult to be really positive with this one though. But I am thankful that it has shown me not to take mobility for granted and to enjoy it. Thanks for reading my blog.