05/07/2024
A fractured tibia has shown me that people, almost unanimously, are looking for opportunities to be kind and to help a stranger in need.
I've also been reminded that patience is such an overlooked form of self love because, by its own nature, its rewards aren't immediate. It's really just a way of slowing down our often-inflated demands on ourselves.
Thank you to all the strangers who've helped me onto the bus, given me a shoulder-up or smiled at me with their eyes after seeing me help myself 🩼🩰
And thank you to the people in my life who raced me round hospitals in a wheelchair, made me laugh, took me swimming in the sea, carried my coffee, bedazzled my crutch and gave me permission to ask for help. You know who yous are - I promise to pay all of your love forward ❤️🙏🏼