turning heads
Obviously any life threatening disease is a very hard thing to go through and it definitely helps you realize the really (REALLY) important things in life. It took a while to open my eyes and see things the way I do now. At first I was angry and depressed, then confident and understanding, and I am still evolving to this day. I still get caught back up in the stupid things that many people think are important. It's hard to stop behaving the way you are brought up to and the way society tells you to. Animals have that strange tendency to learn bad habits and keep them, no?
It's not something someone can truly understand without experiencing it (or some other life threatening disease/accident themselves). I wish that on no one, except maybe the really bad people on Earth to give them a clue, but I still even want them to survive, they just need nature to smack 'em around a bit. The world would be a much better place if everyone appreciated life the way a sufferer/survivor can.
For me, in my post cancer life, there are two things that are important, knowledge and happiness (a.k.a bliss). Knowledge to me is a deep understanding of the qualitative and quantitative essence of everything from us (humanity) to the universe (everything else). Whatever gets you to your bliss is what you personally live for, mine are: love, family, teaching, and just having fun (flickring is fun :-)). Finding your way through the maze of life is difficult, no doubt about it, but the ride is worth every penny and none of us really should want to give it up.
The universe is an amazing place and we are so fortunate to be able to be here at a time when so many scientific truths are being realized, (one of which is being able to survive cancer). We are like babies who just figured out how to move around and explore. I know I will tick a few people off when I say it is our will and our committment to life that allows us to be here. Go live your lives and be free to be happy and never, ever stop learning. Man, am I ever preachy...
It's not something someone can truly understand without experiencing it (or some other life threatening disease/accident themselves). I wish that on no one, except maybe the really bad people on Earth to give them a clue, but I still even want them to survive, they just need nature to smack 'em around a bit. The world would be a much better place if everyone appreciated life the way a sufferer/survivor can.
For me, in my post cancer life, there are two things that are important, knowledge and happiness (a.k.a bliss). Knowledge to me is a deep understanding of the qualitative and quantitative essence of everything from us (humanity) to the universe (everything else). Whatever gets you to your bliss is what you personally live for, mine are: love, family, teaching, and just having fun (flickring is fun :-)). Finding your way through the maze of life is difficult, no doubt about it, but the ride is worth every penny and none of us really should want to give it up.
The universe is an amazing place and we are so fortunate to be able to be here at a time when so many scientific truths are being realized, (one of which is being able to survive cancer). We are like babies who just figured out how to move around and explore. I know I will tick a few people off when I say it is our will and our committment to life that allows us to be here. Go live your lives and be free to be happy and never, ever stop learning. Man, am I ever preachy...
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