Courage… you can say that again!
A dear friend of mine commented yesterday that facing cancer is not for the faint of heart. After hearing the diagnosis, which can make your world feel like it’s falling apart, comes the treatment. The strength of will that it takes to hear “You have cancer.” needs to be multiplied several times to be able to face the cure, which is almost always hard on the body and harder on the psyche. When people talk about the “battle with cancer,” it sounds like it’s all a question of strength and willpower (sort of like losing weight.) Neither of them is just about willpower – if that were all, it would be a simple matter to recover. The battle, at least from my perspective, is not so much one of the body, but of the mind. The strength that it takes to keep the demons outside. The courage to endure the waiting. Waiting for tests, then for the results, and then for the next round of tests. A battle to ensure that faith continues to exist, and that there is hope for the future. The