"Grief is so painfully real, regardless of its origin. The love of, and attachment to, an animal friend can equal that of human relationships. Likewise, the loss of an animal can be just as devastating."
~Rev. Joel L. Morgan
I was diagnosed with leukemia on March 12, 2008, & in remission April 2008! Its been a long, painful journey for me, as well as my family & friends. Everyone has been so GREAT to me & my family thru all of this! THANKS SO MUCH 2 EVERYONE!! I am now finished with my chemo treatments! YAY!! My doctors found a Prefect match from the National Bone Marrow Registry!! & I had my transplant on May 18th & i am doing remarkably well. My life has definately changed over the past 2 years. I've made a few choices in life that may not have been the smartest decision to make, but without those experiences, I wouldn't be who I am today. I am right where I am supposed to be. I have learned alot about myself, as well as the people that I choose to keep in my life since I got got sick. I have proven to myself that I am a stronger person, physically & emotionally, than I EVER thought possible! That goes for EVERY cancer survivor out there!! We've been lucky enough to have a second chance at life...CHERISH IT!! I know that I am still here because my purpose has not been served. I would live happy for the rest of my life to know that my experience has helped just one person thru a difficult time.
"Falling in love is like being struck by lightning, you can no more make it strike you than you can avoid it"
"A drunk mind speaks a sober heart"
"During chemo, you're more tired than you've ever been. It's like a cloud passing over the sun, and suddenly you're out. You don't know how you'll answer the door when your groceries are delivered. But you also find that you're stronger than you've ever been. You're clear. Your mortality is at optimal distance, not up so close that it obscures everything else, but close enough to give you depth perception. Previously, it has taken you weeks, months, or years to discover the meaning of an experience. Now it's instantaneous." ~Melissa Bank
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
~Eleanor Roosevelt
"I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer."
~Colette
“I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have – life itself.â€
~Walter Anderson
**"Love doesn't die a natural death. Love has to be killed, either by neglect or narcissism. Those guilty of these two crimes of the heart always hide behind excuses convenient; too ashamed, lacking in integrity and courage to face the truth. To them, it is always something other than their own actions, desires and self-importance that dictate circumstances. For these people, so blind to truth, true love can never be fully experienced for they have never really given of themselves all that they are."**
~Frank Salvato
"Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you."
~Aldous Huxley
"Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict."
~William Ellery Channing
"It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest."
~Dorothy Canfield Fisher
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us."
~Helen Keller
"Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from."
~Al Franken
"Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life."
~Jean Paul Richter
"Forgiveness does not always lead to a healed relationship. Some people are not capable of love, and it might be wise to let them go along with your anger. Wish them well, and let them go their way."
"If you don't like something, change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it."
~Maya Angelou
"I'd rather be mad with the truth than happy with lies."
"You're not a successful person because your paycheck says "X" amount of money, your keys go to a certain kind of automobile, or your house is an impressive number of square feet. You're a successful person because you're irreplaceable."
"Everything has a purpose on this earth, and all things
fulfill their purpose - seaweed, dung beetles, parasites -
without agonizing or questioning. We are the only part of
Creation that is blinded by desires and thus ignore our
particular purpose, individually and collectively, and spend our lives in mad pursuit of nothingness"~Gottfried Llewelyn-Jones
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Pain is inevitable, Suffering is optional."
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