Category — Creating Hope after a Brain Injury — List of Articles
Below is a list of articles that encourage individuals living with brain injuries to realize that they can create hope. Create hope in their lives, regardless of their deficits and limitations because of their brain injury and disability.
Building Hope a Little at a Time
Having hope or believing that we can have a part in the process of creating hope can be very difficult for individuals living with the impact of a brain injury. Through my recovery process I discovered that my definition and expectations of hope were clouded by my ability to experience hope. My concept of hope held me hostage when things did not change.
Hostage to the belief that hoping did not change anything. But I am glad that I discovered that hope is not limited by my definition or expectations. I am glad that I discovered that I could have a part in creating hope in my life. I am glad that I discovered that by creating hope in my life I could learn to thrive, not merely survive. Survive my brain injury.
I am glad that I discovered that by creating hope in my life I could learn to thrive and not merely survive. Not merely survive as an individual living after brain injury.
Through my Experience
Through my experience I discovered some thing that helped me tremendously. Hope is not some thing that tethers me to some thing that may happen in the future. Hope, instead is something to experience in the present. What I discovered helped me to realize that hope, like faith; becomes evident by taking action. And by taking action, I discovered.
I discovered that I can experience hope in the now. I don’t have to wait for hope. Instead, I can create hope in my life by being a proactive participant in my life, instead of as an observer of my life. This realization helped me to realize that I could actively participate in my life, regardless of my limitations and deficits do to the impact of my brain injury and disability
I have created a category of articles on creating hope to encourage, empower and motivate you and I to show up in our lives. Below is a list of articles that contain information that helped me to realize that I could both have and create hope in my life. Scroll down the list of article titles. Click on the title and the article will open for you on Second Chance to Live.
