AN UNEXPECTED GURU A terminal diagnosis is not the end of your life. It is, perhaps, the end of the life you had hoped for, expected, planned, wanted or been promised. It is the shattering of all the old dreams of my life. But perhaps the initial shock hails the beginning of a new life, a more authentic, connected, honest, conscious, loving life, however long you have left, for this journey requires very little time. Perhaps it is an invitation to remember yourself, focus, breathe, root out the unnecessary violence in your relationships and in your heart, a call to shine light on those pockets of suffering you would have never paid attention to before. It is a rude awakening, to be sure! - and you may wish to rewind the movie, or at least fast-forward to the future scene of total healing and remission. That would be nice. But you might miss the grace of the journey, the unexpected gifts along the way. True healing goes deeper than the removal of symptoms, deeper even than remission or growth, illness or death. Its the discovery of who you really are, cancer or no cancer at all, AIDS or no AIDS, medical intervention or not. Its the remembering of love, connection, the serenity at the core of things, the ground on which you stand. You are not, and will never be, a victim, a statistic... even a survivor. No story can define you, no good story or bad story. You are life itself, and the presence or absence of symptoms is no excuse for forgetting this. Let everything heal you, let the moment be your guide, remember to breathe, and always know who you are. - Jeff Foster
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 08:40:55 +0000
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