Another life hurdle

Life threw me another hurdle last week when I tripped and broke my arm. I always thought I was predominantly right handed until I'm now faced with little use of my right arm. During the past week, I have learned a few things about myself. Some of the lessons are a little hard but I have to do what is best for me.

Lessons learned so far:
1. I absolutely refuse to grow old gracefully. There is nothing graceful in having to be totally dependent on some one else for even my basic needs. This is totally unacceptable. I need to find out how far I can push my limitations without causing further injury. I am just not a dependent person.
2. It's alright to ask for help. Calling for someone to drive me to urgent care and to drive to the orthopedic specialist, was the right thing to do. Asking my sister to come stay with me a few days until my son got home, was the right thing to do. Having a friend stop in to help me shower tomorrow is necessary.
3. It's ok to get mad at myself because of my limitations. Every day I am discovering something else I can do for myself that I couldn't do the day before. However I never would have tackled folding towels if I hadn't discovered that I could pick up something I dropped on the floor. I wouldn't have tackled kitchen clean up from last night if I hadn't discovered I could reach inside the dryer. Oh I still have limitations that will be with for a few months but every day I seem to be able to do something normal that I couldn't do the day before.

I guess I'm having an attitude adjustment. I can see the humor in all of this. I was noticing some universal messages that was telling me I was suppose to be slowing down, not trying to cram so much in a day. I know better than to push these universal messages to the back burner. Every time I do, life just deals those dang lemons that makes me pay attention. So, since life has dealt me some lemons, I guess it's time to just make lemonade.