my stroke recovery

mercifully, syukur alhamdilillah, my walking improved a notch today, walking from my room to the cafe was a breeze this morning except for the slight ledge whereby i had to normally sit down first before sauntering on to the second last leg of the journey to the cafe. this sauntering was unnecessary yesterday as with a slight hop i was then on to the next piece of level ground. not today, but inshaallah, it would be surmountale daily soon as my walking pogresses. as i told my eldest today, this stroke recovery journey is not about jins/ demons or any of the numerous superstitions so dearly beloved of the malays. the key is an irrevocable and ubswerving faith in allah, a clear and peaceful mind and ultimately working all those leg muscles repetitively until the newly arrived replacement brain cells learn and remember what it had to do in terms of signalling to the muscles. what a week!!!, one that began ominously with thoughts of death and now almost ending triumphantly with clear signs of rehabilitation in progress, allahuakbar!!!. there is still some way to go before i would be able to attain a certain kind of comfortable walking motion, neverheless, that proverbial light at the end of the tunnel is beaming brighterthan ever. i would,of course, be walking with a limp, but nevertheless if the walkng motion allows me to safely navigate through the various pathways before reaching my destination, that would already be something for me to cherish, syukur alhamdulillah, inshaallah, allahuakbar.