What does it feel like when your own body stops following your lead? For many people, hearing the words “You have Parkinson’s disease” lands with the same shock as hearing “You have cancer.” Time bends, the room blurs, and a new life begins in the space of a single breath. In this space, I see…
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Living With Cancer: Finding Courage In Every Ordinary Day
I picture you at your kitchen table, maybe with a mug cooling beside your hand. The house is quiet, but your mind is not. When you hear the words you have cancer, life splits into a “before” and an “after”. The shock, the fear, the questions about work, kids, money, your future, they all crowd…
Read moreCreating a Kinder World With Perseverance and Consistent Work : Making a Difference
Many people have a strong wish to see their daily activities help to create a better world in this fast-paced one. Real transformation grows gently over little deeds and the will to hold fast; it does not happen quickly. Every encouraging word, every moment of deep introspection, and every time you push on rather than…
Read moreFinding Courage and Strength in the Fight: A Journey with Cancer Warriors
More than anything else, courage can creep up on us in the most serendipitous of ways. Sitting in darkness with just the dim light of a desk lamp on us, we think. Do you ever find that this is when courage arrives, not as a roar but merely persistent whisper? It urges us to put…
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