Potential

"Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all," Helen Keller.

This is a good creed by which to live. To see life as a high adventure. To see living with dementia as an adventure. When I have objectivity, I can observe how I and others respond to someone with dementia. The responses range from people being uncomfortable and unkind, to indifferent, to taking action to be supportive and kind -- like Dwane's cousin or my sister. It is interesting to me how life's adventures bring out the best or the worst in people. It is our choice how we respond. Do we want living with dementia to bring out the best ---- or the worst in us? Let's choose carefully.