What a weekend!! Yesterday was a real breakthrough for me - we had over 300 page views yesterday for the first time ever!!!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
Now, who's going to help me get to 400???? If you're tuning in, you must see something you like! Share with one - or more - of your friends. No more false modesty from me - this stuff is good - and I think people would benefit from eavesdropping on our conversations... It only took a month to go from 200 to 300; let's get to 400 in two weeks!!!!!
I am too tired to form complete sentences, so the entry tonight gets turned over to Oren Shimshi. This is a note I received from Oren tonight on Facebook:
"Your positivity has been very influential on me lately. I hope all is well. You're taking cancer like a boss. I'm loving your blog so much, I read it all the time. Call me sometime. Miss you dude."
Oren, this was a good weekend, but I know it won't always be so. Your words are now a part of me, and I will call upon them when my need is greatest. Thank you.
Carpe Diem, all. Carpe Diem.
LIVE FOR TODAY
ReplyDeleteWe should all read this very carefully and take note because as we know and have experienced...life always has a way of turning left just when you were about to turn right:))) then again isn't it amazing, full of surprises, at times painful but definitely all worth it:)))
I am a cancer survivor and was care-taker to my late husband…and I wouldn’t change it; cancer was our gift. It gave us the ability to see life clearly along with all of its tears, laughter, joy and sadness... Those of us who have looked death in the face just might be a bit luckier than the rest. We have gotten to see what it means to live in the now and savor every moment as the gift it is… knowing that tomorrow is not promised to anyone.
…….. Roberta
Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because
They haven't thought about it, don't have it on their schedule, didn't know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine!!
I got to thinking about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to cut back. From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible.
How many women out there will eat at home because their husband didn’t suggest going out to dinner until after something had been thawed? Does the word 'refrigeration' mean nothing to you?
How many times has someone called and said, 'How about going to lunch in a half hour?' Do we stammer, 'I can’t, I have to clean the house, my hair is dirty, I wish I had known Yesterday, I had a late breakfast, it looks like rain.' And my personal favorite: 'It's Monday.' What if tomorrow something happens to us or them… And we never get to have that lunch?
Because Americans cram so much into their lives, we tend to schedule our headaches.. We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect!
We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we get Jonny toilet-trained.. We'll entertain when we replace the living-room carpet... We'll go on a second honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college.
Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The days get shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we awaken, and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of 'I'm going to,' 'I plan on,' and 'someday, when things settle down a bit.'
When anyone calls we should 'seize the moment', be open to adventure and available for trips. Keep an open mind on new ideas. (cause trouble, shake things up:) Your enthusiasm for life is contagious.
Be ready to trade your bathing suit for some skinny dipping, your shoes for barefoot in the rain. ( maybe play in a fountain :))
My lips had not touched ice cream in years. I love ice cream.
It's just that I might as well apply it directly to my stomach with a spatula and eliminate the digestive process. The other day, I stopped the car and bought a triple-Decker. If my car had hit an iceberg on the way home, I would have died happy.
Do something you WANT to......not something on your SHOULD DO list. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting
When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened gift....Thrown away..... Life is not a race Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over.
'Life may not be the party we hoped for... But while we are here we might as well dance!
Roberta, thank you for that reminder! I am so glad that you shared this with us. I found myself nodding constantly as I read your comment; I am guilty of many of those sins you discussed...
ReplyDeleteI'm trying. I really am. Cancer has forced me to look at life differently. I've made some decisions of late simply because of my 'cancer outlook.' I really do believe that cancer is making me a better person. Oh, I still have plenty of flaws and self-doubts, don't get me wrong.
But I also enjoy the flavor of steak, the smell of rain, and the sound of silence just that much more since I sniffed mortality.
My favorite line in your missive: "... we tend to schedule our headaches. We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect."
So true... I'm going to try to get out of my own way and just enjoy life.