Gracie, Ty, Brian, and everybody....
I was "surfing" a bit (I am loathe to use that term) and found that I had received two new messages here in a matter of minutes! Thanks for the encouragement, positive energy, prayers, all are accepted gratefully. I am hoping to be a good example of what we humans can do when we put forth a decent effort. I had a rather bad day at work, reminded that not all will be sensitive and/or understanding of a plight (one of only many) than can strike one out of the blue with no prior notice whatsoever. It could be any of us, if that is not enough to bring us to a common ground, nothing will. I even took a certain amount of pride when confronting one individual with my "news" who I knew to be the company gossip....his only reaction was "wow, I better have that PSA test done", that is one of my new found missions.
Nothing he could have said would impact my illness, so I graciously accepted his self-absorbed reaction as a gift that I was able to give him, within his limits to acknowledge my own plight, I understood that we go through life mostly unaccepting that it is a voyage which has a start and end...at least in this particular body, and reminders of that fact tend to make people uneasy to say the least!
So, I have a new way to "blow people away" with my off-the-wall style which is both familiar and comfortable. Life is good, and I look forward to having this chapter behind me.
Cheers! |
