Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8–That’s LIFE!

Well, I’m BACK! Where have I been? It’s been some years since I had a website or blog, it’s hard to believe just how long! Although I did do my best to stay in touch the best I could through the changes in life, and I’m grateful to those of you who stayed with me via social media. Yes, I’m a miracle but even miracles get hit, sometimes hard, and just like everyone, we have to get up and just keep going.

Some of you know I used to be brain-injured and blind–yes, white-cane Braille Institute BLIND, from an  Acute Toxic Chemical Exposure that many MD’s said would kill me ‘in a few years.’ THAT was 20 years ago! During that time, I learned to use talking computers to research HOW I was going to get WELL Again, I began a life in online communities and forums, and after more than 5 years of battle, I got back my sight. Even though THEY said I’d never see again. Isn’t it amazing how often MD’s are wrong?

Yes, I wrote a book about it. And then life happened. My Mom died. The same crash that hit so many of us in the USA hit me hard too. I lost my home. And then I was re-exposed to new neuro-toxins–this time not in an acute freak event like before, but the way most people are these days: what they call ‘low-level chronic exposure.’ With a body and mind that had been so injured before, it hit me hard and getting back up took some time. But life is an adventure, you know? Some adventures are fun and some not so fun. Yet, like that old proverb says: fall down 7 times, get up 8.

They tell me I’m an inspiration. And people still write me asking questions, asking me for information, to do research and help them find information on how they can beat what’s getting them down. People are so stressed out these days. Quite a few are feeling hopeless and scared. 
Been there… done that.

 Seems like everyone’s having a hard time, including me. I battle a neurological syndrome that takes me out terribly at times. Millions of people have it these days. But we’re here in this world to LIVE life and to help one another. To be kind. And we HAVE to have fun in life and laugh.

So here, in my new blog, I’ll do my best to inspire and inform you. To share stories about what’s happened and what’s happening in our world today. I’ll share stories about me and stories about others–I’m not the only miracle living in this world! I’ll do my best to share the good, the bad, and the ugly. All those human things that we can share and hopefully learn from.

My passions are Arts and Culture, Alternative Natural Wellness, Human Rights and Peace–those are the things that have always given me great meaning in my life, and a will to go on. I’ll share stories with you about my own Medical Miracles and the Medical Miracles others have achieved, and how people are living on this beautiful Mother Earth of ours.

 I’ll share my travels and my journeys with you. Life is not perfect. I’m not rich any more by far, but I’m ALIVE and I live now, and in an amazing place. There are a lot of things we can do, no matter how hard life is.

I’m a storyteller. So I’ll tell you stories. And I’ll do my best to entertain you while I do.
So welcome to my life: welcome to ZeevaNow.

That’s life (that’s life), that’s what people say
You’re riding high in April, shot down in May
But I know I’m gonna change that tune
When I’m back on top, back on top in June
I said, that’s life (that’s life), and as funny as it may seem
Some people get their kicks
Stompin’ on a dream
But I don’t let it, let it get me down
Cause this fine old world it keeps spinning around

[Chorus]
I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet
A pawn and a queen
I’ve been up and down and over and out
And I know one thing:
Each time I find myself flat on my face
I pick myself up and get back in the race

[Verse 2]
That’s life (that’s life), I tell ya, I can’t deny it
I thought of quitting, baby
But my heart just ain’t gonna buy it
And if I didn’t think it was worth one single try
I’d jump right on a big bird and then I’d fly

[Chorus]
I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate
A poet, a pawn and a queen
I’ve been up and down and over and out
And I know one thing:
Each time I find myself laying flat on my face
I just pick myself up and get back in the race

[Verse 3]
That’s life, that’s life
And I can’t deny it
Many times I thought of cutting out but my heart won’t buy it
But if there’s nothing shaking come here this July
I’m gonna roll myself up in a big ball and die
My, my