Here
I go again. I will be literally walking the walk for the next three days. Well
actually, here we go again. I am walking with Greg again this year. Hard to
believe that our first 3Day walk for Breast Cancer was twelve years ago.
Over these years I have come to know more woman who have died from breast
cancer. And I have gotten to know many more woman who have been diagnosed or
are breast cancer survivors. Amazing stories each time. Amazing woman, each and
every one of them. I do not know what it is like to wake up every day and
wonder if “it is back”. I do not have exams every six months to see if I am
clear. Like anyone living with or the possibility of a terminal
diagnosis, each person I have met has an amazing capacity to keep living life
all the while caring for their bodies. Most of the women I know has access to
health care (they have health insurance), thanks God. A few do not.
I
am inspired by the woman who everyday make the choice“ I will NOT live my life
in fear or I WILL live my life in hope”. Rabbi Kushner reminds us that
bad things do happen to good people every day. The question of faith is how do
people/we respond to bad things. People of faith are defined by their
actions/reactions to regular life events (cancer, car accidents, war, illness,
unemployment, etc). I have come to believe (and agree with Kushner) that God
does not cause suffering in our lives/world. God loves you – God loves all
people – God loves all creation too much. God gives us the strength, resources
and companionship to respond.
Tomorrow,
when Greg and I set off to walk for three days with thousands of woman (and a
few men), I will look to them hope, inspiration, strength, mind over pain to
walk the walk as my body will inevitably fail me.
I
choose hope today. Will you?
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