The never ceasing questions, and the always elusive answers. This is the cycle of life it seems. We are always looking for an answer to the questions of life..."How will I pay for school?" "How can I better take care of myself and my family?" "Am I ready to be a parent?" "Is this really what I want?" Questions like these are created through fear and doubt and are further fueled by our own insecurities.
The only way to truly answer these types of questions is through faith and time. We put faith in our higher power hoping and praying for guidance - faith that we as human beings will make the right decision when it comes down to crunch time. With these decisions guided by faith, only time will tell if we have made the right choices. And if the outcome of these choices do not meet our expectations, then we rinse and repeat, adding or subtracting from the formula of life, in hopes to find success, or at least learning from our mistakes and failures.
Right now, I'm trying to find the answer to why my mother was one of the unfortunate ones to be diagnosed with cancer...I've come up with some ideas and hypothetical answers, but they do not satisfy my inquiry. To those that have faced such a turning point in their lives, I commend you for coping with this and providing support to those that you love. This is the beginning of my path towards educating those that seek the knowledge and information regarding cancer and all things related.
Friday, September 25, 2009
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It's my opinion that words are empty and thoroughly insufficient in explaining the truth; nevertheless, we cannot do without them and I will have to try and come up with an answer sooner or later. Ever since my wife had been diagnosed with sarcoma have I been asking the same question, "why her?".
ReplyDeleteI believe that all things are relative and interconnected, so there may not exist a concrete, definite answer to that question. Still, I came up with something that I stand by to this day. Cancer is a proponent of change. It is a teacher whose purpose is to show us that life is imperfect, transitory and unsatisfactory.
To a certain extent, everyone has cancer within their bodies. It is not something that should be hated or feared. Like every hardship, it should be embraced as something to make us smarter, stronger, and wiser individuals. Through all the pain and suffering my wife and I have experienced, we have gained so much. She has gained her true purpose in life and she has given me mine as well. We would have never achieved these things if it had not been for cancer. She has even come to the point of such acceptance and gratitude towards the disease, that she has often said, "thank you, cancer".