A Month of Blogs Day 27 (Something That Changed Your Life)

 

Becoming disabled changed my life to say the least.

When I first became to disabled to work it was a big adjustment. I had to get used to not being able to do a lot of things I used to be able to do. I also lost the ability to drive. This made me rely on others and that was again, a big change in my life.

Now I am a lot more patient than I used to be, and a hell of a lot nicer person. I used to be angry a lot when I was working and a bit aggressive. I chilled the hell out when I stopped being able to work.

I would never have met all the great people in my life if I did not become disabled as well. For something that impacted my life in a negative manner, it had a lot of good changes as well.

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