Immeasurable gratitude

mountaingirl
mountaingirl Member Posts: 3
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Don't you hate how Thankyou seems so insufficient sometimes?
I want to thank everyone of you who responded to my question about when one becomes a survivor. Even with the variety of your experiences, there seems to be a solid choice each one of you made to live. That makes a difference, obviously!
To thank you all, I am including a poem I wrote for my mom. Hope it lifts you today.

I live in the light of your life
by seeing this day as it is,
not as I wish it would be.

I live in the lightof your life
by loving my family and friends well,
by giving to them because love goes on.

I live in the light of your life
by trusting myself,
by knowing each person has
unique wisdom for living,
and that I am blessed
to gather it like kindling for my fire.

I live in thelight of your life
when I care for your cares
when I treasure your things,
and when I tell your stories
and learn from your lessons.

I live in the light of your life
when I am the best of myself,
the person you were sure that I could be.

I live in the light of your life
when I am inspired to dream
and live with all you have given me.
The gifts of a life lived
are the eternal possessions of the beloved.

Lynne Lorentsen, 12/25/2000

Comments

  • bettygee
    bettygee Member Posts: 40
    #2
    What a lovely poem! Thank you so much for sharing it. Best wishes always, Betty
  • jeancmici
    jeancmici Member Posts: 665 Member
    #3
    >>Even with the variety of your experiences, there seems to be a solid choice each one of you made to live. That makes a difference, obviously!

    Lynne,
    Your conclusion from the responses of the 'survivors' is hardly valid since there are those of us here who chose to survive too and get on with life and not fuss with each pain - even dummy me with a backache off and on beginning last March '03 - roughly 2 years after surgery. It took unrelentling pain in August to get a bone scan to show stage IV in bones, liver and lungs.

    Cancer has its tricks - a positive attitude does not always succeed. I have a brand new unused passport I received in July which I intended to use this spring to go to France- the best laid plans and intentions........ As a matter of fact, I looked at it yesterday and cried for an hour to see the difference in my face.

    Nonetheless your gratitude to your friends is admirable - tho'your conclusion is wrong. Live optimistically but always be on guard for some aberration which doesn't feel right.

    Sincerely, Jean
  • Sophlm
    Sophlm Member Posts: 3
    #4
    What a beautiful poem. Thank you so much.
  • seeknpeace
    seeknpeace Member Posts: 259
    #5
    jeancmici said:

    >>Even with the variety of your experiences, there seems to be a solid choice each one of you made to live. That makes a difference, obviously!

    Lynne,
    Your conclusion from the responses of the 'survivors' is hardly valid since there are those of us here who chose to survive too and get on with life and not fuss with each pain - even dummy me with a backache off and on beginning last March '03 - roughly 2 years after surgery. It took unrelentling pain in August to get a bone scan to show stage IV in bones, liver and lungs.

    Cancer has its tricks - a positive attitude does not always succeed. I have a brand new unused passport I received in July which I intended to use this spring to go to France- the best laid plans and intentions........ As a matter of fact, I looked at it yesterday and cried for an hour to see the difference in my face.

    Nonetheless your gratitude to your friends is admirable - tho'your conclusion is wrong. Live optimistically but always be on guard for some aberration which doesn't feel right.

    Sincerely, Jean

    My heart is with you Jean and I know that you will love France. I understand totally what you are saying.
  • mountaingirl
    mountaingirl Member Posts: 3
    #6
    jeancmici said:

    >>Even with the variety of your experiences, there seems to be a solid choice each one of you made to live. That makes a difference, obviously!

    Lynne,
    Your conclusion from the responses of the 'survivors' is hardly valid since there are those of us here who chose to survive too and get on with life and not fuss with each pain - even dummy me with a backache off and on beginning last March '03 - roughly 2 years after surgery. It took unrelentling pain in August to get a bone scan to show stage IV in bones, liver and lungs.

    Cancer has its tricks - a positive attitude does not always succeed. I have a brand new unused passport I received in July which I intended to use this spring to go to France- the best laid plans and intentions........ As a matter of fact, I looked at it yesterday and cried for an hour to see the difference in my face.

    Nonetheless your gratitude to your friends is admirable - tho'your conclusion is wrong. Live optimistically but always be on guard for some aberration which doesn't feel right.

    Sincerely, Jean

    Dear Jean,
    I hear you, and I thank you for your honesty. I didn't mean to be glib, although in retrospect I can see how it read that way. I watched my mother die of breast cancer, and I watched everyone tell her how she ought to look at it. You better believe there were friends and relatives coming out of the woodwork with cure-alls. I have the books,videos, meditation tapes, and cards to prove it. In the end she chose her own way of looking at her life and I respect her for showing us all how to be the person you are at your core all the way until your last breath. I wish you all the support and strength you need to do the same. Book yourself on that France trip - you'll love it.
    Namaste.
  • epgnyc
    epgnyc Member Posts: 137
    #7
    A beautiful poem, Mountaingirl. Thanks for sharing it. Ellen

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