How do you keep your optimism in the face of difficult circumstances? Leah Min, MONTREAL
I think mostly it’s about acceptance. I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinson’s. I have nothing but choices about how I react to it. In those choices, there’s freedom to do a lot of things in areas that I wouldn’t have otherwise found myself in.
Interview with Michael J. Fox - TIME (via spareunderthemat)
I got to see my dad with this (Parkinson’s diagnosis). He seems to have accepted the hand he was dealt and didn’t let it get in the way of what he was reaching for.
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