WHY WOULD FAMILY MEMBERS SEEK TO PREVENT MY RECOVERY FROM PARALYZING INJURY?
I RECOVERED TO VARYING EXTENTS THROUGHOUT THE SIXTY YEARS I HAVE BEEN DISABLED. FAMILY MEMBERS OBJECTED TO NEARLY EVERY ACTIVITY WHICH I TOOK UP WHETHER I WAS VIRTUALLY PARALYZED OR WHEN I WAS ABLE TO BE ACTIVE, WORKING AT MY JEWELRY FACTORY OR PLAYING MY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OR DANCING LIVE ON STAGE OR IN CLUBS.
I WAS GREGARIOUS EVEN WHEN I WAS VIRTUALLY PARALYZED AND CONFINED TO MY HOME. MY FAMILY MEMBERS DID NOT LIKE THIS. "KEEP LINDON AWAY FROM HIS FRIENDS" SAID MY EX WIFE FOR INSTANCE."LINDON NEEDS PEOPLE".
THIS WAS TO BE MY PERMANENT RENTAL HOME. I WAS DEFRAUDED OF IT AND I NEVER SAW MY FRIENDS AGAIN. MY EX-WIFE WAS OUT TO DESTROY WHAT WAS ALREADY GONE. SHE PHONED ANY OF MY FRIENDS SHE COULD REACH AND UNNECESSARILY DEFAMED ME.
WHEN I RECOVERED TO THE EXTENT THAT I COULD PERFORM LIVE MUSIC ON HARMONICA MY BROTHER SAID " WHO WANTS THEIR BROTHER PRANCING AROUND ON STAGE PLAYING HARMONICA", FOR INSTANCE.
UPON RECOVERING TO THE POINT WHERE I COULD PERFORM ON HARMONICA AND DANCE OR QUAD OR ROLLERBLADE, AND THAT WAS INTERMITTENT AND LIMITED, THE ACHIEVEMENT WAS NOT RECOGNIZED.
THIS IS NOT A PICTURE OF MYSELF, LINDON COLLARD, BUT IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO ME PERFORMING.
I WOULD SAY I HAD BEEN DISABLED SINCE 1970 AND IN RESPONSE I WOULD BE CHALLENGED BY ANY PHYSICAL ABILITY I HAD MANAGED TO RE-INSTITUTE OF MY FORMER ACTIVITIES.
MANY ACTIVITIES WHICH I HAD ENJOYED OR WHICH I HAD WORKED AT PROGRESSIVELY BECAME NO LONGER POSSIBLE FOR ME TO ACCOMPLISH BUT NO ONE EVER PAYS ANY ATTENTION TO THAT. I WOULD BE CHALLENGED AS TO WHY I WAS NO LONGER DOING SOMETHING AS IF IT WAS A WILLFUL OR WEAK OR DELINQUENT RESPONSE.
THE CAUSE OF THE ABANDONMENT OF ACTIVITIES IS THE DISABILITY I SUFFER.
I NEVER WILLINGLY GIVE UP ANYTHING I DO AS THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHOICE OF ACTIVITY, PARTICULARLY NOW, BUT I HAVE BEEN SIMILARLY VIRTUALLY PARALYZED IN THE PAST.
MY FAMILY MEMBERS HAD A LOT MORE DISPARAGING AND IRRATIONAL COMMENTS ABOUT MY ACTIVITIES WHICH WERE NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN MY RECOVERY AND TO TRY TO BE ABLE TO BE GAINFULLY EMPLOYED FROM ACCUSATIONS OF BEING CAPABLE OF VIOLENCE OR BEING CRAZY. "HE'S CRAZY" SAID MY WIFE "HE THINKS HE IS GOING TO BE A ROCK STAR".
I PRACTICED AT HARMONICA EVEN WHEN I HAD TO DO IT LAYING DOWN.
I ALSO PRACTICED GUITAR, VOCALS AND KEYBOARD UNTIL I WAS SEVENTY FIVE ON A DAILY BASIS. I FELL INTO THE TERRIBLE DITCH THE REDNECKS DUG TO RUIN MY PROPERTY TWO YEARS AGO AND I BECAME UNABLE TO PRACTICE. I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS SINCE I COLLAPSED DURING A FAKE 911 RAID, BUT I DID SOME PRACTICE AS IT IS DETAILED IN MY DAILY DIARY, DOCUMENTED IN COPYBOOKS.
I was sitting in the driveway in a 20 year old smashed up 1967 Buick.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason I smiled as I prepared to drive to Vancouver.
I would have to sell several ounces of Marijuana and I would not get any money for myself. I was drowning in payments.
My ex-wife, who had created all of the debt with nothing to show for it came out of the house clutching two kids, she hissed: "YOU ARE ALL SMILING AND HAPPY AND I AM NOT. I AM GOING TO WIPE THE SMILE OFF OF YOUR FACE".