Have you ever had a song stuck in your head?  For me, it is usually some dreadful song such as “Ice, Ice, Baby” or “Rock me, Amadeus.”

But this song from the original Muppet Movie is something different.  At the conclusion of the movie, the Muppets are going to make a movie based on their adventures.  And as always happens for Kermit and the gang, the world implodes.  The movie set looks like a kiddy Apocalypse Now and a rainbow come through the roof.  All trials end in happiness. 

Yes, this was a movie.  A kid’s movie.  From my youth.  There are moments we must uncover old thoughts to find new inspirations.  

The lyrics from the closing song: 

Life’s like a movie

Write your own ending

Keep believing keep pretending

We’ve done just what we set out to do

Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers and you.

I love the line “write your own ending.”  Not because I am a writer, rather because of the hope it gives.

“Write your own ending” gives YOU the power.  We are not waiting on doctors or companies or anyone else to make things better.  WE can make it better.

The cynic in me is screaming.  This is not real.  The line is from a children’s movie.  It is Hollywood.  Of course everything works perfectly for them. Look at you. 

You have MS.  It sucks.  You WERE an independent human.  Working.  Living.  Pursuing the dream.  Whatever dream was before you, you believed you could get it.  And by busting your behind, the dream came true.

But now, you are relegated to a position of failure.  No cure.  No improvement.  Nothing will change.  You will sit in your recliner and watch TV and type on the computer and nothing will ever get better.   Life will get worse.

WRONG.  We are better.   Three years ago, the previous writing was us.  Now, we are fighting back.  CCSVI has given us a vision of a new potential.  Brain blood flow?  We have a “plumbing problem” in our cranium?  If we could rework the pipes we can get better?

Yes. 

Back to Kermit and friends, keep believing, keep pretending. We have to believe that we can get better.  And part of our problem comes down to plumbing?  Who could have pretended that? 

I have been “liberated”.  Looking at reality, I am better.  Not WOW better, but better.  I am thinking clearer.  My fingers allow me to write.  I move better and worse depending on the day, my bladder/bowel issues are better.  And I get to express my thoughts through this blog.

For decades, I have needed a hobby.  Chasing girls was a hobby, but unsatisfying until I met my wife.   I used to enjoy flight simulators and other video games.  Reading did not work out because I would lose focus and not finish the book.  Gardening?  Too dirty.  Sometimes dirtier than chasing girls.  So I had not hobby.  Plus I worked. 

Now I have a hobby.  I write this blog as a way of giving thanks and sharing with others.  Thank all of you for your notes and comments.  I read and appreciate all of them.   Each one is like a Christmas card.   I hope my writing touches everyone for the better.

Now to close with today’s inspiration:

Life’s like a movie

Write your own ending

Keep believing keep pretending

We’ve done just what we set out to do

Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers and you.

Go forward today and make it better.  We can do this. We can write our own ending.

Power to the People.  Power to the Cure.