What I'm Learning...

I think one of my most important lessons is this: Between those of us who view cancer as a challenge and those of us who view cancer as a curse, the primary distinction is whether we perceive ourselves as victors or victims. As a cancer patient, I suspect that the most important lessons of my life are being taught by cancer - a severe teacher. It has taught me the best way to live: Make informed choices. Do not avoid the hard decisions. Love myself more. Look for good anywhere and find good everywhere. Enjoy the humor in my circumstances. Live vigorously and remember that none of us get out of this life alive!

Were I to reduce all my lessons so far to one concise moral, I would use the letters: G-O-D-I-S-N-O-W-H-E-R-E. It can be read, "God is nowhere!" or "God is now here!" Like everything in my life of any significance, the way I see it always depends on how I look at it.