Endometriosis Blog: HOPE Really Matters For Healing, Coping, & Managing Chronic Illness!

While reading through the excellent endo blog listed below (an awesome find!), I found yet another treasure! First see the endo blog that I first viewed:

http://i-am-not-endo.blogspot.com/

The above link is to a superb blog by a courageuous woman who has endometriosis. It's fascinating reading.

On her blog, I noticed a comment from another endo patient named Alex. Alex's comment on the endo blog included a link to her Harry Potter-inspired blog (see below). Since I LOVE Harry Potter (reading those books got me through a surgery recovery so nicely!!), I had to check out her blog:

http://mugglex.blogspot.com/

Anyone who has browsed through the "My Shelfari" virtual bookcase on my blog has seen that I have included the entire boxed set of Harry Potter there. Someday I'd love to afford the real set rather than the virtual one. Anyway, my local library has all of them so I can re-read them whenever I want. (I normally NEVER re-read a book but we're talking Harry Potter here)! Anyway, Alex has endometriosis too. So that got my attention and I skimmed through her blog next. I noticed a widget/tool that said simply:

The Foundation For A Better Life (or FBL for short).

So I clicked on it (the same red button that is now installed on this blog too)!! It's very cool! The red color grabbed my attention so I clicked on it on Alex's site and found a very cool website:

The Foundation For A Better Life (FBL)

Per the website above, The Foundation For A Better Life describes itself as follows:

"We are a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing the values that make a difference in our communities. We create public service campaigns that model the benefits of a life lived by positive values. In turn, we hope to inspire people to make values a part of their own lives, and then to communicate the benefits to others."

This site quotes Mother Teresa, features Gandhi and Einstein... and so much more! I highly recommend it and have installed the Foundation For A Better Life's red button widget/tool on my blog (just check near my traffic map and you should see it). Anyway, if you click the red button it will take you to their great site and you can check it out for yourself!!!

On the site, I found a video clip intended to be a TV spot for a public service announcement. It is about HOPE. I can't seem to get the video to post directly here. So you can view it by simply clicking on the link below:

http://forbetterlife.org/be_inspired/tv.asp?id=1095

This message of HOPE may (hopefully) give a bit of help to those having a day with pain flaring up, a day of exhaustion, or a day of utter frustration. I hope this "HOPE" video clip gives you some HOPE that you WILL get through your challenges and be stronger for it!

I hope you find this organization --- The Foundation For A Better Life (FBL) -- as intriguing as I did. Their site is really cool and loaded with things you may enjoy!

This article was posted by Jeanne via "Jeanne's Endo Blog" at www.endendoat.blogspot.com.