Deb Erikson

One Person's Journey

In writing this, I hope to aid another person's journey with cancer and to help it become a journey with a destination of hope and joy.  For I believe that this dance with cancer can become a powerful gift, a chance to look at yourself with clear eyes, and perhaps, to make a few changes.  If nothing else, you can learn how to face fear so it no longer has power over you, accept that death is one part of life and find the joy of living simply in the present.

My heartfelt wish is that by me sharing my journey and some simple coping skills, you might be able to see a small light on a very dark day,  for I have had those dark days also.  Everyone who follows this path will find themselves in darkness at some time.  I learned to accept those days while remembering that they won't last.  That is called Hope.  In my mind Hope is is the most powerful word in our language.  Love is a potent ally of Hope.  They work well together.

I encourage you to accept and use any parts of this guide that speak to your heart.  Don't worry about the rest.  This is the time that you are putting together your box of survival tools.  Hold each new tool in your hand, feel it's weight, evaluate it carefully.  Try each one out, but do it long enough so it's given a real chance.  Then decide, does it belong in your box of coping skills?   Soon you will have a magical tool box, made for only you that will allow you to fix anything.  That's the magic of this cancer dance.  When it's done, you will be able to dance any dance that life puts before you.

I send blessings to you.

Now, Dance.
 
Deb Erikson
1997

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