this friday, november 28th, marks one year from my very last chemo - one year since i've been able to say i'm cancer-free.
it feels like a really big day to me. and i've been trying to think about all the things i want to do before that day and all the things i want to re-focus on after that day. new goals.
i've made the goal for myself of doing that one damn pull-up by friday.
as of this morning...i'm still not there. saturday i was 99% there. but it's so hard to get up that last piece.
the re-focusing i'm thinking of...like a renewal of new years resolutions that i've forgotten about. taking my vitamins every day. going to yoga twice a week. eating more vegetables. i'm trying to think of more.
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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Dear Meghan,
Thank you for the vital data that enables me to be a healthy consumer (buying and eating). And thanks, also, for prodding me to dig out the resolutions and try them on again. I may not know you well, but you are one of the most important people in the past year of my life, so for that I am thankful. Happy Thanksgiving to a hero!!
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