this morning i had to go to a pre-chemo class at kaiser.
not only was it relatively unhelpful (because the nurse had told me the majority of the stuff already) but it was also completely depressing. i walked into the class a little late and i felt like i was walking into a movie screening at a retirement home. i mean...not that i would hope that everyone would be young...but it just made me feel so out of place.
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
As an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
-Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207-1273, written in 1230
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Hi Meghan:
Good luck tomorrow and thereafter with the chemo. I'm sure you will cope well has you have done thus far.
I am Jim's old college friend from Boulder. I have been meaning to lay some feel-good DVD suggestions on you. Maybe this is a good time.
Jazz on a Summer's Day; The Importance of Being Earnest; Little Miss Sunshine; The Holiday; Word Play; any Wallace & Gromit; Peter Pan (2002)/Finding Neverland; Sponge Bob Squarepants; Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill; any Jane Austen adaptation; and, ne plus ultra, Zorba the Greek.
Jeff Frant
Dear Meghan,
Just want you to know I'll be thinking of you as begin your protocol tomorrow. And I second the vote for any Wallace and Gromit!!!
Love,
Linda
I dread this day coming for you and also know that it will be alright.
Love,
Susan
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