A 26-year old girl was interviewed on a New York City radio station a few weeks ago.
She has brain cancer.
The disease has been in remission but it has returned. While she battles the disease she says that despite her youth, she is aware of the diminishing time she has left.
She asked her doctor what she should do now that the disease is back and his reply was to do whatever she wants to do.
This brave young lady has discovered the real meaning of living every day to its fullest.
What is our excuse?
After hearing her testimony, I can’t think of any reason to waste another moment, day, year or life not doing what you want to do.
It isn’t the number of years; it is the quality of the years.
It isn’t the regrets but the satisfaction.
There are lots of things that can’t be controlled in life but one of the things that can is our ability to grab the next day and live it to the fullest.
In the case of this brain cancer patient, she has no choice.
For everyone else, it is the choice we must make.
“Life is a terminal condition. We’re all going to die. Cancer patients just have more information, but we all, in some ways, wait for permission to live” – Kris Karr
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