Guest guest Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 You know Rhoda I have to say I have been reading for sometime now your emails and a few times we have exchanged a word or two about a couple a things not too much, and many times you sound a bit upset and angry nothing very serious but I always am amazed at how intelligent you are and amazing you are and....you always bounce back! You are a true fighter and I admire you very much great lady! Keep on keeping on, we know you can do it, because you keep doing it... My Best~ Tammatha - Rhoda Mead oleander soup Thursday, January 08, 2009 9:00 PM Life is a choice Mary wrote that every day life is a choice! Thanks Mary. I forgot, and I really needed to be told again!How True. I needed that reminder! I had breast cancer in 1997, and was terrified! When alternatives didn't work, I had a mastectomy and then chemotherapy. I was told that I most likely wouldn't live 5 years because of very likely recurrence, because I had the extremely undifferentiated cells. I was terrified! I'd been to a spiritual workshop and been partnered with a beautiful woman who said that she had been in remission 14 years, but woke up in terror every day. Being a naive fool, I believed her, and thought that was how I should feel. So I decided to run away from home! I sold all my belongings, bought a tiny used motor home, found a summer job in a National Forest, and hit the road. Along the way, I met people who obviously had life-threatening illnesses and had a wonderful sparkle in their eyes. In conversation, I talked with still more whose illnesses were not as visible (waiting for liver transplant), who also took joy in life. So I asked them HOW. No one said a thing about religion. Not one. Every single person said that IT'S A CHOICE! Every day when they woke up, they chose to find joy or depression! Reach out or isolate yourself! After being kicked in the head with this news over and over, I decided that if they could do it, I could too. And that I could fake it, 'til I made it. I forgot. It's been a really tough year for me. Time to make that New Year Resolution. Choose Joy and courage, instead of misery and defeat. And, this choice does not depend on outcomes. Fight for what you choose, but accept whatever happens. Dang. Sounds so easy. I need all of you to help me remember. Rhoda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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