drofinnah
i know... you've heard it before... but think about it... what is it exactly that is bringing you pain...??? your sons seizures do not bring you pain... they will if you allow them to... so the emotions you feel are the cause of your pain... yet we allow our emotions to be attached to others... we feel their pain so to speak... but what would happen if you detached your emotions... would you love your son any less...??? no... you would love him just as much as ever...
there are many other facets that you need to learn about yourself... so much that you don't understand because you have been so distracted... so preoccupied with trying to fix your son... that you really have been in such turmoil that you've neglected yourself... others here have suggested yoga... and meditation... seeking to silence the mind... and this is very good advice... did you know that when you can make your mind be still you have no problems... the thoughts we entertain are the creations of our problems... our mind is a master problem solver yes... but on the flip side of the coin who created the problems to begin with...??? peace is something only you can find for yourself... no one else can do it for you... we can attempt to tell you how but you have to do the foot work yourself...
i'm going to tell you another earth shattering fact about yourself that you probably haven't discovered... your problems stem with all your "wants" and "desires"... and since things are not as you would have them be... you cannot accept them as they are... you can't have your way so you get angry... your son has seizures and you find it totally unacceptable and blame God... in effect you have placed yourself above God when you criticise Gods handiwork... and you cannot and will not surrender your will to that of a higher... and far more intelligent power than yourself...
suppose this is all simply a test "for you"... suppose your son is "God" himself... suppose that what we consider horrible isn't so horrible after all... suppose your son is the way he is because you are the way you are... have you ever thought of life as being somewhat like virtual reality... and perhaps some of these situations are put on us as lessons we must learn...
have you ever wondered what it might be like to be dead... westeners have a horror of death while other societies don't mind dieing at all... the japaneses would rather take their own lives themselves than live a life of dishonor or shame... i'm just saying all this to try to point out to you that the way we've been conditioned to think and believe is a lot that is wrong with our society... you and i as individuals make up this society... and if we wish to change the world we have to start with ourselves... 'to thine self be true'... and "greater is he that conquers himself than he that conquers the world...
my oldest son had seizures... as a result of a gunshot wound to his head... he was in miami and got into a fight with wrong crowd and got shot... when i got the phone call they said he was in intensive care and not expected to live... and i said a very simple prayer... i asked God to allow him to live... but if it was His will to take him make me strong enough to accept it... my prayer was answered and my son lived for another ten years after that... but he did have seizures all during that time... he seemed unable to give up the life style he lived before he was shot... and continued to drink... and every time he would drink a seizure was sure to follow... and a seizure is definitely not pleasant to witness... he finally got killed in an auto accident... when his drunk friend and co worker ran off the road and hit a tree... now i'm going to tell you something that might shock you... but when my daughter and son-in-law came to my house at 3:30am with the news of his death... i heard a big sigh of relief leave my body... i had always known he was going to die... it was just something i knew... but i always expected he would die during a seizure... i had so many horrible projections of how it might happen... that when it finally happened i guess i couldn't help but feel relieved... but it's true... and it could have been so much worse... i'm sure my son wouldn't have been able to live with himself had the shoe been on the other foot... and had he been responsible for his friend death... so... see... no matter how bad things may seem... they could always be worse...
it's been a long time since i've told this to anyone... guess it helped me just to get it out... and hope that perhaps it might've helped you... there's so much more i'd like to share... but i've already written a book... but the bottom line is you need to learn how to surrender... to give up... to quit... no more fighting... quit trying to control... just be there to love your son... and be of whatever help you possibly can... but more importantly you need to learn to love yourself... to forgive yourself... what ever has happened is beyond your control to change... and when you finally find yourself able to accept everything as it is... and are at peace with yourself... then a miracle cure will pop up... lol... that's just the way things works out most times...
thanks for allowing me to ramble...
just like to close this volume by saying...
"it's a wonderful day in the neighborhood boys and girls"...
lol...
;-)