Tamrina Thinks

The highs and lows of life Are a journey in their own They make you wonder how it is That you survive through it all The highs can really be fun They are a state of euphoria You convince yourselves that you are invincible And yet you survive through it all The lows can be distressing They might feel like the end They appear as though its all over And yet you survive through it all Then there is the middle ground The part which many call boring That's the time when you try to recover from the extremes And yet you survive through it all I mean, it is a roller coaster in itself The one you pay for with your heart But the beauty of it still remains That we survive through it all -Tamrina 

When you meet someone with a disability or an impairment who is trying to live life on their own terms or doing things that You consider hard for someone like them what is your first thought? Is it that this person is just like everyone else, fighting their battles and taking control of their life and they may be an objective a good person or is it that this person is doing so well despite their impairment so they must be appreciated? Think about it. If your attitude is the former, you are giving the person what they are looking for i.e. acceptance; but if you feel the latter, you might want to read on. When you focus on a person's disability as the measurement of whether they are good enough or not, you are in turn negating everything they have been working so hard to establish. They may have spent their life up to this point creating an identity for themselves that has nothing to do with their impairment. They may want to be known for things that are treats of the so-called norma...

With her smile My world glows With her tears Everything blows She knows pain She has seen the wrong  Yet she is so kind She is so strong She taught me to fly  She gave me my wings I know she has my back  Whatever life brings Her love is pure It knows no bounds Even when she is hurt Compassion is all I found She is not perfect She isn't always right But she tries to see things from a different perspective Even when we fight She is my world She is my shade in the light I am because of her She is my star on a dark night  - Tamrina