Positive Sayings to Improve a Bad Flare Day

Nature provides everyone with the pieces to achieve exceptional wellness and health—in a package without a “fragile” label, delivered by a disgruntled worker, handed over to a toddler on a sugar high.

Get up every morning with the determination that you will get to go to bed again.

It’s never too late to be what you want—unless you want to be healthy; that ship has sailed.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of a malfunctioning body, gifted to me by a random roll of the genetic dice.

Worry may be a misuse of the imagination, but at least it fills in the time gaps in your schedule as you stare at the wall.

Everything you ever wanted is waiting patiently on the other side of your mid-morning nap—or at least your mid-afternoon nap. (Sleep is definitely involved)

You are a unicorn: Rare, seldom seen in the “wild,” and incapable of being accurately described by science.

H.O.P.E. = Holy Ouch! Pain’s Excruciating!

Talk to yourself as if all your nerves, muscles, blood cells, and other tissues might actually be listening for once.

The journey of a thousand miles begins when you attempt to find a medical professional who will listen to you, treat you with respect, and work to find a satisfactory answer to your condition.

Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today because you need to save room for tomorrow to eat up at least half of today.

Surround yourself with people who will provide you with heating pads, ice packs, and chocolate chip cookies.

Don’t take life too seriously. You’re not going to get out of it alive. Or healthy. Or well-adjusted.

Motivation gets you started. Habit keeps you going. Flares stop you dead in your tracks.

Don’t look back—you’re not going that way. Or are you? Maybe you should sit down until the brain fog clears a bit.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. Chronic pain is falling down the whole staircase you do see.

Winners train. Losers complain. Spoonies nap.

Spend too much time thinking, and you’ll never get the thing done. You will, however, develop a new habit of overanalyzing everything, which will require therapy and result in thousands of dollars spent talking to a counselor to understand why you need a spreadsheet to purchase plane tickets.

42 is the answer to everything—unless your doctor asks how many pain pills you take.

You are stronger than you think, until you overdo it on a good pain day and land in bed for the next week.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn, and sometimes you realize that the twinge in your back was your body’s warning shot and keep your butt on the couch so you don’t cause unnecessary damage to yourself.

Hard doesn’t mean impossible—unless you’re attempting to get a medical professional to listen to you.

Positive mind. Positive vibes. Positive life. Negative test results.