Learnings
Life Goes On
Survived, but waiting to live
One of my favorite groups that I’ve attended at KBIC (David Krempels Brain Injury Center) over the years was a long running emotional support group named Transitions. The group was focused on how members handled change. It always amazed me that while the conversation often centered on the sudden upheaval of a survivor’s life after brain injury, our discussions usually centered on the inevitable ebbs and flows of life in our modern world. Whether it was aging, grief, relationships or even simply the weather, difficulty with change seemed to be a human theme. Accepting the discomfort of change and embracing the possibility of the novel being more gratifying than the routine, even when it means giving up the security of familiar, but destructive patterns has become my biggest challenge.
