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This article is an excerpt from the book, <\/em>We\u2019re Stronger than We Look: Insights and Encouragement for the Caregiver\u2019s Journey. Jill and David Brown lived full and healthy lives until David took a violent fall off his bicycle and into a wheelchair in 2009. Jill now serves as his primary caregiver.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which do you picture more clearly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A car . . . or a blue Honda Civic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A dog . . . or a young, high-spirited Irish Setter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A person . . . or a middle- aged woman with a nose ring and fading tattoos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some categories are just too big and generic to get a grip on. That\u2019s true for me, anyway. Dividing them into smaller, detailed pieces gives a chance to step back and really see<\/em> them. That happened recently when David was listening to his Audible Audiobooks account and called me over to join him. \u201cI think you\u2019ll like this,\u201d he said and punched the play button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A deep voice rolled out. \u201cThe alternative to soul-acceptance is soul-fatigue.\u201d1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fatigue<\/a>. I knew the word well. It\u2019s the neighborhood bully<\/a>. When fatigue comes swaggering in, even thankfulness runs for cover. There you stand, all on your own, feeling heavy, hopeless, and fuzzy-brained. You can\u2019t imagine ever not being tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fatigue that Attacks the Body<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is a kind of fatigue,\u201d the narrator said, \u201cthat attacks the body.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He gave examples. Staying up too late, like one night when we had a disastrous catheter change. Compensating for shortage of sleep with coffee in the morning and an energy drink in the afternoon. Not exercising. Eating unhealthy foods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not much new there, but then he said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fatigue that Attacks the Mind<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cThere is a kind of fatigue that attacks the mind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information overload. Screens everywhere. Carrying around \u201cmental lists of errands not yet done and bills not yet paid and emails not yet replied to.\u201d Trying to stuff our negative emotions, \u201clike holding beach balls under the water.\u201d All this, he said, makes the mind grow weary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fatigue that Attacks the Will<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Then he talked about \u201ca kind of fatigue that attacks the will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So many choices. So many decisions. And so many of them we\u2019re not qualified to make. How do we know when to say yes and when to say no? Sometimes we just say yes to everything because our will is too worn out to choose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The neighborhood bully looks crushingly big. But what happens if we divide him up like this? If we can identify which part dumps the most weight on us\u2014fatigue of body, mind, or will\u2014maybe we can do something about it. Divide and conquer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past, I would have said, \u201cThis is great! I need to read the whole book.\u201d David got a lot out of it, and so did I from hearing just that one small section. I\u2019d like to know more about soul-acceptance, since the author calls it an alternative to soul-fatigue. It sounds hopeful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But \u201cbooks not yet read\u201d fits into his description of mental lists and mind fatigue. So, yes, I\u2019d like to read it. But I don\u2019t have to. Maybe I learned all I needed to from that book, at least for now. Maybe now is the time to use what I already learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it my imagination, or did the bully just shrink a little?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now he might even fit into that blue Honda Civic with the young, high-spirited Irish Setter and the middle-aged woman with a nose ring and faded tattoos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jill Brown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

s on staff with The Navigators, where she provides part-time pastoral care for those serving in ministry. She has been the caregiver for her husband, David, who is also on staff with The Navigators, since his bicycling accident in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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