Back in the Saddle

Today was a GREAT day! I felt like a million dollars.. Went to the gym, second day in a row (thank you very much) and did some retail therapy. Shopping is what will get me through all this, you know. I am realising that chemotherapy will have its ups and downs, much like life, and it's gonna be up to me to go with the ebb and "flow". So, in going with the flow, I'll eat when I can (as much as I can) and when I can't work out, I won't. My friends and family are all still calling (keep those get well cards a-comin!) and I am very blessed to have such a wide array of people talkin' to the Big Guy for me.

Thanks. I repeat, THANKS!

Flow. It's really all about that. I'm keeping my eyes on the prize here. I recently read the book, "The Last Lecture", by Randy Pausch. If you haven't had a chance to read it, go pick it up, it's one of my picks (along with being on the NY Times Best Seller List). The author is a college professor at Carnegie Mellon University, a computer science professor who specialized in virtual reality. He also happened to diagnosed with ten tumors in his liver.


Flow. It's all about the flow.

In his book or really his "lecture" he talks about realizing your childhood dreams. The book is actually his "last lecture" on attaining your childhood dreams. Randy was asked, at a pretty poignant time in his life, right after he found out that he condition was terminal. He battled over whether or not to give the lecture, because at the time he had also just moved his family to Virginia so that after his passing his wife would be closer to her family. I can't tell you how many times I almost lost it while I was reading this book in the airport. While on a business trip to Houston, I picked the book up in the airport bookstore because the cover was cute. Little did I know this book would have such relevance to my own life (the cancer anyways). I don't intend to give away the ending, but go pick it up, it's a short read, but a great book.

Why do I bring up this book?

I want to end this post by restating something Randy put throughout his book. Paraphrasing was always my favorite part of English class.

"We don't get to change the cards we are dealt. Only how we play our hand."

Play your cards wisely and live your life the way you wold if today were your last.

Dream well.