I will take more from cancer than cancer takes from me

I will take more from cancer than cancer takes from me

I heard this from a ‘cancer-friend’ (someone with cancer or a cancer survivor whom you meet whilst you have cancer versus someone you knew before or after who also had cancer). It wasn’t hers, but she passed it on to me from her friend who had cancer. Who actually...
Go where you can keep your heart open

Go where you can keep your heart open

I am playing with my heart a lot. I’m practicing keeping my heart open, and open even more, as I’m also practicing learning when it’s time to shut it down a bit, to turn it more inward and to turn me more inward. I’m noticing what opens me up and what shuts me down....
Practical steps to ease, ease, ease and more ease

Practical steps to ease, ease, ease and more ease

One of my dearests, with whom I text every morning, and I have a somewhat common refrain to our morning texts. May you find ease, ease, ease, and more ease, we text each other. I’ve had some tough weeks for a number of reasons, and yes, the (healing) concussion hasn’t...
You are exactly where you’re supposed to be

You are exactly where you’re supposed to be

Again, a yoga practice. Again, exactly what I needed to hear. I remember when I first heard this, when I crawled into Al-Anon decades (and decades) ago. “You’re exactly where you need to be,” they told me. That gave me such freedom to begin to accept myself as I was,...
Breathing in, I calm my body

Breathing in, I calm my body

Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in this moment, I know this is a wonderful moment. This is perhaps one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s most famous quotes. At least it’s the one I know the best. I am breathing in and out with it more and more these...
YOU need to come first first first

YOU need to come first first first

This is a text I got last week from one of my dearests. I love that those around me send me texts like this. It re-reminds me, whilst it also lets me know that others are taking up what I’m putting down. Which matters to me… This dearest also had a pretty strong...