HI OUT THERE!
HOW MUCH THERE IS TO BE THANKFUL FOR-WARM WEATHER, HOT WEATHER, THE COLOR OF THE SKIES, THE EXQUISITE FLOWERS, THE SOUND OF THE BIRDS, AND HOPE TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER HOLIDAY. HOPE MEANS REMEMBERING THAT TODAY IS WHAT I HAVE AT THIS MOMENT, TO ENJOY, TO REST IF I NEED TO, AND I DO, TO ENJOY WHATEVER AND WHOSE COMPANY LENDS ITSELF FOR THE MOMENT.
AT THE SAME TIME, PEOPLE, FAMILY, FRIENDS, ARE DYING AND THIS TOO IS PART OF LIFE. HARD TO TAKE, TO UNDERSTAND, BUT IT'S THERE ANYWAYS. SO GRAB THE MOMENT, AND SAVOR WHAT FEELS RIGHT. RIGHT FOR ME, RIGHT FOR YOU. WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT-AND TO ACCEPT OURSELVES, OUR WEAKNESSES AND OUR STRENGTHS, IT IS GREAT IF WE CAN COME TO TERMS WITH IT ALL. NOT EASY, NOT FAIR, BUT C'EST LA VIE.
AND SO, AS APRIL DRAWS TO A CLOSE, I WISH YOU, ME, AND ALL MANKIND GOOD/BETTER HEALTH, HOPE TO CONTINUE ON AND COUNT OUR BLESSINGS AS THEY ARE AT THE MOMENT.
HOPE TO WRITE AGAIN IN MAY WITH BETTER INSIGHTS PERHAPS, AND ALWAYS WITH GRATITUDE.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Sunday, April 3, 2016
APRIL 3, 2016 THANK G. LIFE GOES ON....
HELLO ONCE AGAIN:
THANK G. TO BE ABLE TO WRITE WITH , FOR A CHANGE, NO MAJOR OR MINOR ILL APPARENT SHOWING. I HAVE DECIDED THAT EACH MINOR AILMENT, WHICH STILL CAN BRING SO MUCH PAIN AND DISTRESS, IS THERE TO TEACH ME TO REALLY HAVE EMPATHY FOR OTHERS WHO ARE IN REAL DISTRESS. WE TEND TO FORGET JUST HOW DIFFICULT ILLNESS CAN BE AND JUST HOW STRESSFUL IT CAN BE LET ALONE PAINFUL AND DEPLETING.
AND SO, TODAY, I AM SO THANKFUL TO BE WHERE I AM AT, AND WANT TO WISH ANY READER MUCH LUCK AND SELF-LOVING AND CARING TO GET YOU THRU' WHATEVER PLACE YOU ARE At RIGHT NOW. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY AILMENTS-MY IMMUNE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BE OUT OF KILTER, LEAVING ME CONTINUALLY WITH CHRONIC URTICARA. BUT THANK G. FOR MEDICINES!
I FIND THAT THE SMALL CANCER GROUP THAT I AM LEADING, HELPS ME AS MUCH AS IT GIVES ME PLEASURE TO HELP OTHERS.
WISHING ALL OF US- THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO KEEP SMILING AND PUSHING FORWARDS ON OUR INDIVIDUAL STRUGGLES AND JOURNEY OF LIFE.
WITH LOVE,
CHW
THANK G. TO BE ABLE TO WRITE WITH , FOR A CHANGE, NO MAJOR OR MINOR ILL APPARENT SHOWING. I HAVE DECIDED THAT EACH MINOR AILMENT, WHICH STILL CAN BRING SO MUCH PAIN AND DISTRESS, IS THERE TO TEACH ME TO REALLY HAVE EMPATHY FOR OTHERS WHO ARE IN REAL DISTRESS. WE TEND TO FORGET JUST HOW DIFFICULT ILLNESS CAN BE AND JUST HOW STRESSFUL IT CAN BE LET ALONE PAINFUL AND DEPLETING.
AND SO, TODAY, I AM SO THANKFUL TO BE WHERE I AM AT, AND WANT TO WISH ANY READER MUCH LUCK AND SELF-LOVING AND CARING TO GET YOU THRU' WHATEVER PLACE YOU ARE At RIGHT NOW. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY AILMENTS-MY IMMUNE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BE OUT OF KILTER, LEAVING ME CONTINUALLY WITH CHRONIC URTICARA. BUT THANK G. FOR MEDICINES!
I FIND THAT THE SMALL CANCER GROUP THAT I AM LEADING, HELPS ME AS MUCH AS IT GIVES ME PLEASURE TO HELP OTHERS.
WISHING ALL OF US- THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO KEEP SMILING AND PUSHING FORWARDS ON OUR INDIVIDUAL STRUGGLES AND JOURNEY OF LIFE.
WITH LOVE,
CHW
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
MARCH 8-2016 AS TIME MARCHES ON.....
SHALOM!
I HAD PLANNED TO ENTER MY BLOG END OF FEB. BUT HELD OFF UNTIL NOW. THANK G. TO BE ALIVE TO KEEP WRITING SOME THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS. I AM VERY THANKFUL THAT THUS FAR, NO SIGNS OF CANCER RE-OCCURRING,
BUT CLEARLY AGING OF MY BODY WITH ACHES AND PAINS, NON RELATED. DESPITE PHYSIOTHERAPY, EXERCISE CLASS, WALKING OUTSIDE, THE AGING PROCESS CONTINUES, AND I AM REMINDING MYSELF DAILY TO BE THANKFUL TO BE ALIVE, AND TO APPRECIATE EACH DAY-NATURE, THE SOUNDS, THE HAPPENINGS (HOPEFULLY GOOD ONES), THE HAPPINESS AT BEING CONTENT MORE AND MORE TO BE IN MY SPOT/HOME. I TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED. I SEE MORE AND MORE FRIENDS FALLING APART AND THE ACTUALITY OF DEATH GUARANTEED FOR EACH OF US IS THERE, WIDELY APPARENT! I COULD GET CAUGHT UP WITH DOOM AND GLOOM.
SO I WORK ON MYSELF TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR TODAY, FOR WHAT I HAVE TO SEE AND LIVE TODAY. NONE OF US HAS A GUARANTEE OF WHAT THE NEXT MINUTE OR HOUR OR DAY WILL BRING.
SO, I BLESS ALL OF US, THAT WE BE COGNIZANT OF EACH MAGICAL DAY-WITH ALL ITS BEAUTY AND UNFORTUNATELY ITS UGLINESS WHICH REARS ITS HEAD TOO OFTEN.
HOPEFULLY, WE WILL CONNECT AGAIN END OF MARCH, TOWARDS APRIL.
BEST WISHES TO ALL!
BESOROT TOVOT!
CHW
I HAD PLANNED TO ENTER MY BLOG END OF FEB. BUT HELD OFF UNTIL NOW. THANK G. TO BE ALIVE TO KEEP WRITING SOME THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS. I AM VERY THANKFUL THAT THUS FAR, NO SIGNS OF CANCER RE-OCCURRING,
BUT CLEARLY AGING OF MY BODY WITH ACHES AND PAINS, NON RELATED. DESPITE PHYSIOTHERAPY, EXERCISE CLASS, WALKING OUTSIDE, THE AGING PROCESS CONTINUES, AND I AM REMINDING MYSELF DAILY TO BE THANKFUL TO BE ALIVE, AND TO APPRECIATE EACH DAY-NATURE, THE SOUNDS, THE HAPPENINGS (HOPEFULLY GOOD ONES), THE HAPPINESS AT BEING CONTENT MORE AND MORE TO BE IN MY SPOT/HOME. I TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED. I SEE MORE AND MORE FRIENDS FALLING APART AND THE ACTUALITY OF DEATH GUARANTEED FOR EACH OF US IS THERE, WIDELY APPARENT! I COULD GET CAUGHT UP WITH DOOM AND GLOOM.
SO I WORK ON MYSELF TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR TODAY, FOR WHAT I HAVE TO SEE AND LIVE TODAY. NONE OF US HAS A GUARANTEE OF WHAT THE NEXT MINUTE OR HOUR OR DAY WILL BRING.
SO, I BLESS ALL OF US, THAT WE BE COGNIZANT OF EACH MAGICAL DAY-WITH ALL ITS BEAUTY AND UNFORTUNATELY ITS UGLINESS WHICH REARS ITS HEAD TOO OFTEN.
HOPEFULLY, WE WILL CONNECT AGAIN END OF MARCH, TOWARDS APRIL.
BEST WISHES TO ALL!
BESOROT TOVOT!
CHW
Sunday, January 31, 2016
LIFE'S CONSTANT CHANGES JAN. 31-2016
WELL, ANOTHER MONTH HAS COME AND ALMOST GONE. LIFE CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE ON MANY LEVELS, PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY AND YET, I SAY THANK G.
CHALLENGES ARE CONSTANTLY POPPING UP AND SOMEHOW, WE MUST GO WITH THE FLOW. I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR THIS MOMENT, FOR WHAT I DO HAVE AND WHERE I AM. ONE CAN ALWAYS WISH FOR IMPROVEMENT, BUT I KNOW THAT I HAVE, AS WE ALL DO, THE HILLS AND VALLEYS ARE GUARANTEED FOR EVERYONE. I AM WORKING ON KEEPING MOOD AND HOPE UP EVEN DURING THE DOWNS OF VALLEYS.
TO ANY READER, G. BLESS-AND WISHING US ALL A HEALTHY FEBRUARY. UNTIL NEXT TIME.....
CHALLENGES ARE CONSTANTLY POPPING UP AND SOMEHOW, WE MUST GO WITH THE FLOW. I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR THIS MOMENT, FOR WHAT I DO HAVE AND WHERE I AM. ONE CAN ALWAYS WISH FOR IMPROVEMENT, BUT I KNOW THAT I HAVE, AS WE ALL DO, THE HILLS AND VALLEYS ARE GUARANTEED FOR EVERYONE. I AM WORKING ON KEEPING MOOD AND HOPE UP EVEN DURING THE DOWNS OF VALLEYS.
TO ANY READER, G. BLESS-AND WISHING US ALL A HEALTHY FEBRUARY. UNTIL NEXT TIME.....
Sunday, December 13, 2015
DEC., 2015 ALONG MY LIFE'S JOURNEY
SHALOM!
THANK G. FOR A CHANGE, I CAN RELATE A MORE POSITIVE ATTITUDE. STILL A LOT OF PAIN IN MY BACK, BUT AM CONSUMED WITH PREPARATION TO MAYBE HAVE A FORUM DISCUSSION GROUP THRU' AACI. I WILL GIVE AN OUTLINE OF A SUGGESTED PROGRAM WHICH I HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH. I FEEL THAT THERE IS A NEED OUTSIDE OF DOCTOR'S OFFICES, AND BUSY NURSES, DOCTORS, ETC. WHO DEAL MOMENTARILY WITH YOU, BUT HAVE NO REAL TIME TO HEAR YOU, TO WORK THROUGH IDEAS, FEARS, HOPES, ETC. I WHO HAVE GONE THRU' BREAST CANCER, SURGERY= LUMPECTOMY, CHEMOTHERAPY, RADIATION, AND ALL THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT AND LONG AFTERWARDS, KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN OF HELP TO TWO PRIVATE PEOPLE WHOM I KNOW. THUS PERHAPS I CAN USE MY TEACHING/GUIDING EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE TO CONDUCT SUCH A FORUM. IT MAY BE THAT VERY FEW WOULD SIGN UP FOR SUCH A MEETING GROUND, AND THAT MAY BE. BUT I AM GIVING IT A TRY. IT HAS GIVEN ME A PURPOSE IN LIFE FOR THE MOMENT
THANK G. FOR A CHANGE, I CAN RELATE A MORE POSITIVE ATTITUDE. STILL A LOT OF PAIN IN MY BACK, BUT AM CONSUMED WITH PREPARATION TO MAYBE HAVE A FORUM DISCUSSION GROUP THRU' AACI. I WILL GIVE AN OUTLINE OF A SUGGESTED PROGRAM WHICH I HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH. I FEEL THAT THERE IS A NEED OUTSIDE OF DOCTOR'S OFFICES, AND BUSY NURSES, DOCTORS, ETC. WHO DEAL MOMENTARILY WITH YOU, BUT HAVE NO REAL TIME TO HEAR YOU, TO WORK THROUGH IDEAS, FEARS, HOPES, ETC. I WHO HAVE GONE THRU' BREAST CANCER, SURGERY= LUMPECTOMY, CHEMOTHERAPY, RADIATION, AND ALL THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT AND LONG AFTERWARDS, KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN OF HELP TO TWO PRIVATE PEOPLE WHOM I KNOW. THUS PERHAPS I CAN USE MY TEACHING/GUIDING EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE TO CONDUCT SUCH A FORUM. IT MAY BE THAT VERY FEW WOULD SIGN UP FOR SUCH A MEETING GROUND, AND THAT MAY BE. BUT I AM GIVING IT A TRY. IT HAS GIVEN ME A PURPOSE IN LIFE FOR THE MOMENT
DEC. 14-2015 ALONG MY LIFE'S JOURNEY
SHALOM!
Believe it or not, I started this blog last week, and lost all that I had written. Such a fluke!
Anyways, on this 8th and last day of Chanukah this year, I am so happy to feel rather 'normal', whatever that means to me. Perhaps I am learning to know the signs in my body of extreme fatigue and deal with it, by going to bed 'with the birds' when I need to, or my eating healthy but very substantial meals when I need to. And of course, thank G. for letting me be healthy from serious ailment at the moment. The hills and valleys of life are there for each of us, and perhaps I am learning to go with the flow. I know that it can't always feel great or even good, and I must adjust, as all humans must. But to know to say thank you for this moment, for today, for all the things that I cherish (which may be totally different than another one's favorite needs and wants). So I am wishing any readers and myself the strength to take what we must and cherish the gifts given to us on a platter.
Best wishes to each and every one of you.
CHW
Believe it or not, I started this blog last week, and lost all that I had written. Such a fluke!
Anyways, on this 8th and last day of Chanukah this year, I am so happy to feel rather 'normal', whatever that means to me. Perhaps I am learning to know the signs in my body of extreme fatigue and deal with it, by going to bed 'with the birds' when I need to, or my eating healthy but very substantial meals when I need to. And of course, thank G. for letting me be healthy from serious ailment at the moment. The hills and valleys of life are there for each of us, and perhaps I am learning to go with the flow. I know that it can't always feel great or even good, and I must adjust, as all humans must. But to know to say thank you for this moment, for today, for all the things that I cherish (which may be totally different than another one's favorite needs and wants). So I am wishing any readers and myself the strength to take what we must and cherish the gifts given to us on a platter.
Best wishes to each and every one of you.
CHW
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