oncology center...

I can be changed by what happens to me

but I refuse to be reduced by it.

Maya Angelou

I went to the Oncology center again today.

Mom begins chemotherapy again...

after a break that was much too brief.

Every time I go there,

I'm reminded of what I have,

what others have lost,

and how fragile life is.

True wealth has nothing to do with money.

The only true wealth is health.

We all walk around like we have

all the time in the world

to do what we want,

to go where we want,

to be who we want.

We neglect,

we procrastinate,

we find every excuse in the book

to do it later.

Tomorrow.

Next year.

When the mortgage is paid off.

When the kids are gone.

When i have more money.

But when i see the faces

in that sitting room at the Oncology Center,

i know that many no longer have the energy

nor the will

to follow their hearts. 

They have become too busy with survival

to be concerned with dreams

and passions.

All they want is to feel good again.

That has become their dream.

What

are

we

waiting

for

?

Do one small thing today

that makes you feel one step closer

to your dream.

Even if it's just

writing it on paper,

and claiming it as yours. 

xoxo