I got a tough call late this afternoon. I was informed that a very good friend of mine has stage four lung cancer. It was horrible news to get. She is one of the nicest people I know. She is beautiful both inside and out. She has a great husband and three small children. She doesn’t deserve this.
Life is just unfair. In our busy lives of attempting to get ahead, we have the false belief that we control our lives. When it comes right down to it, we have little control over what happens to us. It is an illusion. A diagnosis, like a slap, wakes us up from our stupor, revealing what we really control: our response to the information. When life is stripped down to the basics that is all it boils down to.
So they choose to fight. Her mom said it best. “When you combine God with medicine, wonderful things can happen.
Fight, my friend! We will be praying for you, sending you our love and best wishes, and anything else we can do to supply the courage to keep fighting.
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So sorry to hear the news of your friend. I recently read an article that hit home with me. The author's message was that we should enjoy every day we are given because we are a moment away from it changing forever.
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