tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179516101180622376.post42350443789044458..comments2024-03-28T00:25:27.585-07:00Comments on Running for My Life: Fighting cancer one step at a time: Woudda coudda shouddaRonni Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00036024135497392070noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179516101180622376.post-63836290897012665862008-10-21T18:10:00.000-07:002008-10-21T18:10:00.000-07:00I just received this on my blog....PRESENTThe Viet...I just received this on my blog....<BR/><BR/>PRESENT<BR/><BR/>The Vietnamese Buddhist monk and philosopher, Thich Nhat Hanh, writes about enjoying a good cup of tea. You must be completely awake in the present to enjoy the tea. Only in the awareness of the present can your hands feel the pleasant warmth of the cup. Only in the present can you savor the aroma, taste the sweetness, appreciate the delicacy. If you are ruminating about the past or worrying about the future, you will completely miss the experience of enjoying the cup of tea. You will look down at the cup, and the tea will be gone.<BR/><BR/>Life is like that. If you are not fully present, you will look around and it will be gone. You will have missed the feel, the aroma, the delicacy and beauty of life. It will seem to be speeding past you.<BR/><BR/>The past is finished. Learn from it and let it go. The future is not even here yet. Plan for it, but do not waste your time worrying about it. Worrying is worthless. When you stop ruminating about what has already happened, when you stop worrying about what might never happen, then you will be in the present moment. Then you will begin to experience joy in life.<BR/><BR/>- Brian Weiss, MD. <BR/>From his book "Only Love is Real"Baby Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15199230462844582984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179516101180622376.post-20304241167779583502008-10-21T18:02:00.000-07:002008-10-21T18:02:00.000-07:00I have always called Ativan "Atta Boy."For my last...I have always called Ativan "Atta Boy."<BR/><BR/>For my last bone marrow biopsy, I didn't even call the doctor until three days after it was in. There was some sick part of me that liked dwelling in the "well maybe's."<BR/><BR/>You are so right that our approach to writing is very similar . . . positive and forward thinking.<BR/><BR/>I continue to get people pressuring me to write a book from my blog and my personal journal. I'm sure you must get the same. Perhaps we should do one together.Baby Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15199230462844582984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179516101180622376.post-5526696844097509162008-10-18T05:38:00.000-07:002008-10-18T05:38:00.000-07:00Keep thinking positively and listen to your doctor...Keep thinking positively and listen to your doctors. The virus is gone, the BMB looks good, the Sox won, - you're on the right track. It's a beautiful day. See you at 10:30 for tennis!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179516101180622376.post-57365152108551696822008-10-18T05:07:00.000-07:002008-10-18T05:07:00.000-07:00So far, so good. I completely understand the anxie...So far, so good. I completely understand the anxiety. Just thinking about contacting Dr. A after my last bmb almost knocked me over the edge. Ativan is our friend.<BR/><BR/>As for your complicated birthday thing--why not just say you're timeless?PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895652549080926672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179516101180622376.post-12720653106785588802008-10-17T20:40:00.000-07:002008-10-17T20:40:00.000-07:00How easy it is to rush to the worst-case scenario....How easy it is to rush to the worst-case scenario. We all do it. It's a weird kind of self-protections (if I imagine the worst, then realty couldn't possibly top that).<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm glad you got some moderately good news. Hang in there while you wait for more.<BR/><BR/>Grace and peace.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00540884672406337833noreply@blogger.com