Today's Word Of The Day: Understanding.

February 11, 2014

 I could have gone my whole life ignoring the commercials about insulin, diabetic nerve pain, and all of the other commercials that spend more time laying out the side effects than the actual product. I could have spent my entire life knowing absolutely nothing about diabetes. I never once paid attention to any diabetes commercials. Now that I have been diagnosed anytime I hear the word diabetes, insulin, nerve pain, anything of that sort, my ears perk right up and I tune out everything else. It's important now, but shouldn't it have always been important? Shouldn't it have meant something to me that there were people in the world struggling like that? I guess it is easy to ignore the struggles in life, unless they're your own. It seems to be that whenever an individual struggles they have the toughest life of anyone, and they're going to let every one know. I'm definitely guilty of doing this. Everyone is important, everyone's struggles matter, that should never change.

 That's one thing I have enjoyed about having diabetes, is that I sympathize a little more with a lot more people. I know that life is hard and we are all just trying to get by. It really is true that you should never judge someone for how they live, because you don't know how much they are struggling. I honestly hope that I am the only one who has had to come to the realization that I am not the only one in the world struggling. My problems are not the only problems that matter. I know that there are people out there who could also have this wake-up call, I just hope that it happens soon. I think that the world would be a much better place if we all were a little more understanding and a lot less judgmental.