Path

1. Find what is divine, holy or sacred for you. Attend to it, worship it in you r own way.
2. If possible, find and develop a spiritual connection and practice that comforts you.
3. Be a witness to yourself. Act as an observer to your own physical, emotional, social, and spiritual states.
4. Find ways to maintain your inner privacy even when your privacy is being invaded by external necessities.
5. Be loving, compassionate, and gentle toward yourself. Befriend yourself. Do not put yourself down or criticize yourself continuously.
6. Let others’ affection, love, concern, interest, admiration, and respect be enough to keep you composed.
7. When you are utterly frustrated or angry, express these feelings. You don’t have to be nice all the time.
8. Get as much help as you can when you need it.
9. Don’t stay preoccupied with your body or your illness. Recognize that your body is not your total self, only part of it.
10. Accept yourself, your physical condition, and your fate as they are at the present moment.
11. Expect that it’s going to be harder and take longer to do things. Be prepared to do things in ways that are very difficult from the ways you did them before.