Comments on: OUR UNIVERSAL VOICE http://www.rnrprogram.com/blog/professional-development/our-universal-voice/ Rnr Program Blog Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:36:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jackie http://www.rnrprogram.com/blog/professional-development/our-universal-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Jackie Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:24:02 +0000 http://rnrprogram.com/blog/?p=162#comment-397 Very wise words Jan. Cancer is part of our fabric. I makes us who we are and has given us the strength to become who we are really meant to be. Some look at Cancer as loss; we look at it as freedom! Very wise words Jan. Cancer is part of our fabric. I makes us who we are and has given us the strength to become who we are really meant to be. Some look at Cancer as loss; we look at it as freedom!

]]> By: Jan Balmer http://www.rnrprogram.com/blog/professional-development/our-universal-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Jan Balmer Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:22:58 +0000 http://rnrprogram.com/blog/?p=162#comment-396 Absolutely. Once I got over the initial shock and grief that you feel upon hearing you have breast cancer the experience has in many ways been valuable. I have learned a lot about myself and have grown in countless ways. I appreciate life.....all of it the good, the bad and the ugly. Every day is a good day now because |I am alive to live it. No longer do the little things create stress.....my day is not going to ruined because of the trivial (bad hair, traffic, etc.). I am here, I am happy and I will thrive. I refuse to settle for just surviving; I want to thrive and live every day that I have with joy and respect for the world around me. It is so true Jackie that our issues are minute in the grand scheme of things. When you open your mind andd heart to the pain and suffering that is in the world today whether it be cultural atrocities, war, famine or others my struggle with cancer is a very small thing. At times it is hard to put your struggle into perspective as there is a little bit of the princess or victim mentality in all of us. I see my challenge as being to meet this disease head on, accept it but not let it dominate me. I have cancer; it does not have me! At the same time as I move beyond the treatment phase and into Survivorship or Thrivorship as I think it should be called I do not want to slid back into some of the aspects of my life before cancer. I do not want my career to dominate my life at the expense of wellness, family and friends. My hope is that when or if I resume working that I will be able to create and maintain balance and harmony in my life. Absolutely. Once I got over the initial shock and grief that you feel upon hearing you have breast cancer the experience has in many ways been valuable. I have learned a lot about myself and have grown in countless ways. I appreciate life…..all of it the good, the bad and the ugly. Every day is a good day now because |I am alive to live it. No longer do the little things create stress…..my day is not going to ruined because of the trivial (bad hair, traffic, etc.). I am here, I am happy and I will thrive. I refuse to settle for just surviving; I want to thrive and live every day that I have with joy and respect for the world around me.

It is so true Jackie that our issues are minute in the grand scheme of things. When you open your mind andd heart to the pain and suffering that is in the world today whether it be cultural atrocities, war, famine or others my struggle with cancer is a very small thing. At times it is hard to put your struggle into perspective as there is a little bit of the princess or victim mentality in all of us. I see my challenge as being to meet this disease head on, accept it but not let it dominate me. I have cancer; it does not have me! At the same time as I move beyond the treatment phase and into Survivorship or Thrivorship as I think it should be called I do not want to slid back into some of the aspects of my life before cancer. I do not want my career to dominate my life at the expense of wellness, family and friends. My hope is that when or if I resume working that I will be able to create and maintain balance and harmony in my life.

]]> By: Criss Ann http://www.rnrprogram.com/blog/professional-development/our-universal-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Criss Ann Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:04:56 +0000 http://rnrprogram.com/blog/?p=162#comment-395 Beautiful Jackie.... you are most definately gifted with inspiration and writing.... thanks Beautiful Jackie…. you are most definately gifted with inspiration and writing…. thanks

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