OK Here is the list….

1. I have learned the word “no” – and I KNOW how to use it.
2. I have a collection of pajamas that just about anyone would envy. I am to pajamas as Imelda Marcos is to shoes.
3. Through experience, I have come to realize that medications do not necessarily bring about a better quality of life- there is always another answer – you just need to look a little harder.
4. I always have an excuse to bail out of undesirable situations (if for some reason “no” doesn’t straight out work).
5. The company I enjoy the most, is my own. I could not have reached that state, if CFS did not come into my life.
6. When insomnia hits, I have a great collection of reading material (bookmarked websites included) and movies, to fill my time – which makes me way more interesting than all of my friends – because I am well versed in intelligent culture.
7. My apartment is almost always clean, because I just don’ t rest well, when its in disarray.
8. I have found new talents (such as blogging) – as my old standbys just weren’t working like they should.
9. I am surrounded by just the best people possible (people who read this blog are included in that) – there is no room for unworthy friends – this is the first and best rule that I learned through the CFS journey.
10. I know how to make a bed properly, something that I didn’t know how to do before CFS entered my life.

There are other reasons, but they weren’t as fun as these ones. Perhaps I will save them for another installment.

I would love it, if you would share the positive aspects of your own journey with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

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