It’s unlikely you have no choice. More likely: There’s no easy choice. When we say we have no choice, we feel trapped and we are powerless. That’s no way to do our work every day. – Seth Godin
This is so true with managing and living well with diabetes. We make choices every minute of every day. Diabetes affects everything and everything affects diabetes. But here’s the good news: we get to choose how we integrate diabetes into our lives!
We get to choose…
- what we do
- what we say
- how we respond
- our attitude
- what meds we take
- what we eat
- what we drink
- how we advocate for ourselves
- what we share with others
- the questions we ask
- the information we seek
The first step is to accept that diabetes is about choices. They may not be easy – or inexpensive – but they are choices. Although we certainly didn’t choose to have diabetes, thinking of diabetes management as a series of choices puts us in charge. It gives us strength and power and helps us live well. I choose that!