Okay, I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE November, but this particular November (in the US) has been rough! So I thought about ending the month with something a little light-hearted, yet hopefully impactful.
Since it’s officially Thanksgiving (US) in a few days and because this holiday is all about being grateful, I wanted to share a week’s worth (well really five days) of reasons why I’m grateful for eczema. Now, this might sound like a contradiction because I tend to focus on eczema being an absolutely miserable condition. But there is always a lesson to be learned when it comes to dealing with your adversity.
The first word that pops into my mind is H U M B L I N G. Eczema can squeeze the life out of even the biggest of egos and serve a huge heaping slice of humble pie. From the stares to the gasps, to the advice – eczema has humbled me in ways that are unimaginable. There is an unshakable level of awareness that eczema exposed me to. This, of course, is in terms of beauty and skin.
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and eczema is an infiltration of this beholder.”
Eczema has and will always keep me humble.