The Good in the Bad

"Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this." Ralph Waldo Emerson

Other noted thinkers have said similar things -- that there is neither good nor bad, just our judgment of something.  That is easy to say, but there are some things that seem bad, like illness -- like Lewy Bodies Dementia.  What could be the good within a diagnosis of LBD?  For me, as caregiver, there has been an opportunity to stand in my own truth in spite of non-supportive family, there has been an opportunity for me to develop compassion.  For the first time in my life, there has been the opportunity to make decisions solely on someone else's behalf -- and to be awed and humbled by that responsibility.  We are all going to die -- that is assured.  Lewy Bodies Dementia, and other slow forms of death, may give the person and those who love him or her time to complete some life work -- some soul work.  What is an aspect of good that caregiving provides you?