From our partner Irene Tarragó
We say goodbye to 2024 and welcome 2025. A notebook full of blank pages for us to fill with experiences and actions that fulfill us and make us move forward. It is not about doing great things, but about knowing how to take advantage of each day, each moment and being aware that life is there, in the small things. Let us be able to live life, not fall into monotony, make the days different, through our attitude towards the future of life.
That is why I want to wish you a year in which you feel like protagonists, in which no day is the same as the previous one, in which you take care of your family and friends, in which what is most important is doing good. I know that it may not be fashionable to wish for these things or that it may sound sentimental or corny, but if we all sought the happiness of others, this would be a much better world.
I am going to apply it. Trying to be a better person is not easy, but I am firmly convinced that it is what, in the long run, gives the most satisfaction.
We will continue to have our illness, this travelling companion that does not leave us, that is too faithful to us, but that we have to treat well so that living with it is as bearable as possible. As for us, let it not be. It is there, persistent, but we are also persistent. We will take great care of our medication, without forgetting it, without tiring ourselves; we will take care of our hours of sleep; we will keep alcohol away and we will pay attention to all the prescriptions that our doctor gives us. All of that is in our hands. You already know that I have epilepsy totally controlled with medication, but if I, since I was diagnosed, had not strictly followed my doctor’s instructions, I would not be here today writing these entries to the MJN blog. Because I couldn’t tell you about the importance of being scrupulous in complying with these rules and tell you that thanks to that, I have had a full life, which is what I most wish for each one of you.
And this way of living has not made me stop doing the things I wanted to do. It is true that, some, I have to do them in another way or with certain conditions, but I believe that 100% of people have something that makes them different from others and that makes us not all do things the same. For example, I was a swimmer and now I swim, but never alone. I have ridden a horse. I have been a mother and, at that time, women with epilepsy always had a Caesarean section. Nowadays, they don’t. In other words, things are also evolving. May epilepsy not take away your happiness.
So as I said, have a spectacular year, look for your best version and may that attitude bring you many happy moments.
Irene Tarragó Pascau
