10 Lessons Learned from a Cancer Diagnosis. A Decade of Introspection

10 Lessons Learned from a Cancer Diagnosis. A Decade of Introspection

 

  1. Diagnosis declaration is merely a reflection of a momentary state within your body during a specific time. It is your response-ability to use your ability to respond to the world, and shift your life environment into one that feeds health instead of feeding dis-ease. 

  2. The denial of circumstantial existence leads to suffering and resistance. A practice of absolute acceptance can allow you to meet all circumstances with grace and flow.

  3. Persevere into the process of patience. “Getting better” is a journey, where tiny and enormous lessons steadily permeate through your mind, body, and spirit. The dark time is a catalyst towards a pervasive, cellular movement that kills old paradigms and births wellness.

  4. Allow the story-filled eyes of others to meet your eyes whenever possible. The deep sense of connection and belonging you are searching for starts with you embracing others to feel it too. 

  5. Genuine kindness comes from deeply innerstanding that everyone is doing the best they can with the resources they have available. Love people, have compassion towards behavior. 

  6. Your body will change. What doesn’t have to change is an unconditional love for the life experience your unique body gives you... no matter what. Release a conditional future by integrating the insight that who you are is exactly who you need to be. 

  7. Giving yourself the gift of truth and transparency to share with others the internal dialogue you have kept hidden from the world will increase the quality of your life when you find others are just like you. What is most personal is most universal.

  8. Romanticize every moment anew. Live an expressive life where even the small and mundane things can be wildly exciting. Live like all is part of the dance. 

  9. Stop playing games you can never win. Your self esteem, self worth, and vital life force depend on the experiences you allow yourself to have. Rid yourself as best you can of insecurities, limiting beliefs, and stupid negative thought patterns that clearly aren’t helping you feel great. 

  10. Never, and I mean NEVER let yourself give up. Lovely things happen in trying times. #fuckcancer #10yearscancerfree  

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