I POSITIVELY have Crohns

This is my first posting. I have for sometime wanted to be able to encourage more people with Crohns rather than simply be a part of a gripe fest. No matter what we encounter in life, be it a sudden onset and consequently passing illness or the struggle of having a chronic disease, there is always something positive that comes from the process. Now I am not saying that I don't have my moments where I feel life isn't fair but then, one could feel that way about anything. Learning to see your world as how much you DO have rather than how much you don't goes beyond the things you can touch, the physical things. It's a state of mind that can carry you through the many times you will have a Crohns flare, the hospital stays, the times you can't be or do what you want to do. We have to look at the small things accomplished and recognize that they are indeed, for us, big achievements. And besides all that, never forget that there is power in positive thinking!