Sunday Sept 22 – beginning to teach Eli meditation
I have to say, I am so grateful this kid is so open to learning new things. And as he seems me excited, he becomes even more excited.
When you have a rare disease such as MLD, there isn’t much you can do except medication to help any pain or muscle discomfort, maybe some PT to keep them strong and agile and of course prayer.
For those that know Eli, they know that he believes!! Believes in God more than anyone I know, and he believes that he can be healed.
Now, I would never give him false hope that he will be running races or driving, but he believes that he can do anything. So much so that he asks often why God won’t heal him since his faith is so strong. I don’t have the answer to this so I normally just say that we don’t know what God’s plan is. I explain to him that he is teaching people more in his disabled body than he might have been able to teach without having MLD. I don’t know the answers, but as much as he teaches me, I too try, and teach him to continue to keep the faith and be patient. He does just that, and we we continue to learn from each other.
Tonight was our first meditation and he was eager to start. We listened to a shorter Joe meditation that we found on you tube as we laid in his bed with the lights off. He fell into the motions pretty easily and I could hear him breathing just as he was instructed. The half hour went quick and I let him lay there to contemplate what he needed to before I went up to bed.
The benefits I noticed on night one:
I immediately noticed that he didn’t go for his phone after we were finished
As I quietly went down to check on him a half an hour later he was asleep!
I would say day one was a success!! 🎉🎉🎉
I didn’t know what to expect on night one, but this was more than I could have hoped for!
Grateful for this opportunity!
Fear Not 