Hi everyone,
One of the things I have learnt during the past few years, is life is always setting us challenges. I am not talking about the smaller everyday challenges we all face, like should we get up out of bed when it's cold outside and we are wrapped up in our warm bed, but the major challenge's we all face from time to time that really test who and what we are. Like when someone we love is diagnosed with a serious illness or disease like cancer, or maybe when we are diagnosed ourselves. For it presents us with multiple challenges all at once which not only affect us, but our family and loved ones as well. How we react and what we say can often make a tremendous difference, for often the challenge of cancer means we are not able to think straight. It turns our lives upside down and inside out and causes us and our loved ones pain like we have never felt before. We are often faced with the challenge of living a life that will never be the same again, often for us and our loved ones.
We are also set challenges when someone new posts on here, asking for help and we dont know at times what to say, for often we have no knowlege of that persons question. I didnt respond to someone on here the other day, leading this person to feel no one cared, and this has made me feel very guilty. So many people facing cancer feel so alone and scared for the future and often just a few kinds words can make such a big differnce to them.
One thing's for sure, those challenges are not going to go away, but it's how we react to them and rise to the challenges that life set us, that make us who and what we are.
Please take care, Brian
