Fall is upon us, I hope that all of you are well and thriving. Today, as is most of my days a good day whether it presents itself as good, bad or ugly. I choose to proclaim it as good, inspite of that annoying boogieman called  ms.

Today I will share a special writing of  mine that explains why I  decided to see everyday as a goodday no matter what it might look or feel like. This is how I maintain control of my life, and how I choose to experience life as I make this journey.

                                               THE BOOGIEMAN TREE
I remember the days of my youth, when I climbed trees, as nimble as a cat.
I purposely looked for the tallest, and the most impossible one to climb.

I never considered defeat; I looked forward to the taste of victory. I leaped from branch to branch, with no thought of how high or how dangerous it was.

That was in the physical...those days are long gone. But, I am now presented with the biggest tree of my life, "The Boogieman Tree Called MS."

I did not ask for a tree to climb...but here it is. So with the dawning of each new day, I mentally and spititurally gird myself with the attitude that my boogieman, ain't so bad he's just tall that's all.

And whatever branch comes up, the fatigue branch, the sluggish mind branch, the neuropathy branch, the emotional branch, the I hate taking these shots branch. As in the days of my youth, I go from branch to branch, steadily climbing.

No, I no longer leap from branch to branch, but I maintain a steady climb. I refuse to allow this boogieman to defeat me, define me, or steal my joy. Each day whatever comes, I continue to climb.

This tree may be the biggest challenge of my life, not in the physical, you see, but in the mental.
"But in the Mental I Rule." The boogieman tree ain't so scary or bad, it's just tall that's all.

Whatever the branches on your MS Boogieman Tree, remember...he ain't so bad, he's just tall that's all. Then begin to mentally climb. Some days the branches are harder to reach, but not unreachable. Expect "bark burns," grit your mental teeth and start climbing again.

I climb tired, I climb rested, I climb both in and out of pain, I climb happy or sad, for this is not a one time climb, or a one day climb, it is a... JOURNEY. Don't worry about the distance to the top of the tree, just continue to climb.

Then and only then will you win out over the "MS BOOGIEMAN TREE," every branch that you climb, count them at the end of the day. They are your VICTORIES...he ain't so bad , he's just tall that's all.
                                             KEEP CLIMBING MY FRIENDS
                                 Written by Shirley...Inspired by the Holy Spirit  

What is the name of your boogieman tree? I encourage you to give no quarter to any boogieman that you may be facing already, nor one that you may have face while journeying down the road called life.  
Shirley