Imagine if I didn’t have Leukemia… I was asked this week where I thought I would be if I had never gotten sick. It is a fun question to think about, and I think I would be “chasing my tail” still running my business, not making much money, if any, but loving what I was doing. I needed to refine my focus, and I’m sure that would have happened in time, but if I look at myself 4 years after university, without getting sick, I can see me in much the same position I was in prior to getting sick. Working and playing way too much, loving every day. Just imagine if Leukemia hadn’t come into my life…
Just imagine if as part of your Cancer treatment protocol you saw a Guidance Counsellor each day… I have been blessed to have a great friend come into my life who happens to be a Guidance Counsellor, she has taught me things about myself that are as valuable as anything I have ever learned, and our friendship started me thinking about the value of having a resource like her when you are going through your treatment and facing all the Challenges that come with a Cancer diagnosis. Just imagine if you weren’t allowed to receive chemotherapy unless you had your daily chat with your Counsellor friend, a chat to express your emotions, talk about your Challenges, or some of the other things in your life. When I had that thought I ran with it a little and realized the significance of that concept, as I feel expressing the emotions we have inside is such an important exercise, especially when we are facing big-time Challenges. I know it isn’t for everyone, but I feel everyone benefits from it, similar to the thought that states “a burden shared, is a burden halved”. Just imagine if that option was presented to Patients as they enter the Cancer Community…
I have been playing the “Just Imagine” game a fair bit lately, it’s a time when I let my mind run and create any kind of situation that presents itself. I have a collection of those pretend, hypothetical scenarios which are a combination of “make believe” situations that I like to play with and my idealistic view of the world. And as is often the case when I get an idea that I really like, I put a plan in place to bring it from the “imagine” phase to the “reality” phase. (That usually only works with those “Just Imagine” situations that are my idealistic view of the world, as it would be tough to wind back the clock and erase my Cancer Challenges, and as many of you have heard me say in the past, that is not something I have interest to do anyway)
Just imagine if I hadn’t started the My Friends Email Group my first week in hospital, how different my life would be… how or would we have connected anyway… fun to play with those situations for me.
Just imagine it was a beautiful sunny day… wait a minute, it is.
Always…
Live Life. Love Life.
Geoff
