by Dr. Margaret Aranda
She was a very ordinary girl, one you would never
notice in a crowd. At twenty-six years old, her long brunette hair complimented
her petite figure with a flair, and she smiled all the time. She woke up and no
doubt, mind you. In thirty minutes flat, she would be turning the key and
driving to her job.
Yesterday, she was in The World. The World of the
Walking. In The World of the Walking, everyone in this World can just get up
and walk whenever they wanted to. In the little self-centered minds of most
people, it was all taken for granted. The World of the Walking is where
everything is. It is the standard. The World of the Walking means that you can
get up and walk and perform the activities of daily living. She went about her
business in The World of the Walking, making phone calls, sending texts,
writing, writing, going to work, running errands, writing again, forgetting to
stop for groceries. She went anywhere she wanted to, and timed everything out
by looking at her watch or her cell, and simply decided where she had to be,
and WaLa! she was there. The World of the Walking was a "painless" or
"free" kind of Heaven that it seemed only the formerly disabled
seemed to appreciate the most. Today, she has dysautonomia and can't stand up without fainting. Walking now seemed more like flying.
Now see that there is a doctor confined to a
wheelchair. He's in the World of the Walking, too. He is there on time to work
every day. He has to push buttons and everything is hard, but he does it. The
function level is high. So he may be mad at me, and rightfully so, but he
really is in the World of the Walking, because he operates within
their guidelines virtually every day. He gets out of bed. He's not plastered
onto the mattress. He is only able to move from point A to point
B because he's in the World of the Walking. So I learned that this is the goal:
Stay in the World of the Walking.
But if you aren't in it, just do your best.
It's hard. But just do your best.
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Dr. Margaret Aranda's Books:
Face Book Page: No More Tears: A Physician Turned Patient Inspires Recovery
No More Tears en Espanol
Face Book Page: Stepping from the Edge
Little Missy Two-Shoes Likes to go to School
Face Book Page: Little Missy Two-Shoes Likes a Ladybug
From Menarche to Menopause: A Journey through Time
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Age 31: The Color Blue
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