When diagnosed with any
kind of Cancer, it is common to envision the water of your life drain from your
glass until "half-empty" appears in your view. As long as there is any water left in your
glass of life, we are blessed. Is it
half full or half empty? We have the
power to choose our view.
The key? Stay strong;
review ALL the great things in
your life. We all have more than we
realize. Watch every sunrise (you
probably can't sleep anyway). It is a
miracle created daily just for you. Post
treatment, you are that new sunrise emerging from darkness.
The extra "belly
button" I got after my feeding tube was removed, was my symbol of being
born again. Post Cancer diagnosis, you
have a new life. Long or short, we have the power to decide daily to savor the
gift that is “life.” We all have an end
to our journey eventually. When one can
see the end of the road, the days increase in value.
When I was younger, it was a given that I was
going to never get old and of course, I would surely live forever. At 64, I am acutely aware that I am at least
in the fleeting moments of the third quarter or perhaps fourth quarter of this
game of life. Choose to finish strong, whether it be 100, 1,000, 10,000 days left in the game.
Some of my favorite "motivational reminders"
of the value of our days:
·
"Never, Never, Never Give Up" - Winston Churchill
·
“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I
cannot change, the courage to change the one thing I can, and the wisdom to
know it's me.” - a variation
·
"Dream as if you will live forever, live like
you will die today.” - James Dean
·
"The bad news is that time flies. The good news is: You’re the Pilot.” - Michael Altshuler
·
“We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents, or the country
of our birth. We do not, most of us,
choose to die; nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death. But within this realm of choicelessness, we do
choose how we live.” - Joseph
Epstein
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