Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life.

I know this is something that people say a lot, and while it is definitely true for everyone, I think it hits a little differently when you’re born with a condition or disability.

What I mean by this is that a lot of the time those of us with lifelong conditions, where not being okay is our normal, often forget that its okay to not be okay. This is because this means not be okay with our normal, which is not a way you would be able to live your life daily. But our normal is not normal, and it’d okay to let that get to you sometimes.

At least in my experience, it will eventually get to you anyway. And by ignoring it and not letting it out when you need to, when it hurts it hurts more.

You haven’t got to earn the right not to be okay, I promise you.