Lesson
I am wasting no effort wondering why or how I got cancer; all four of my biological grandparents died of it, and any other explanation quest is a waste of energy (and I have very little energy) since I can't go back in time and fix whatever I may or may not have done to "cause" it.
That being said, I have been pondering what lessons may come from it.
Can't dictate my own lessons, of course, but some have already surfaced and stuck:
1. Reaching out and asking people for help. You have no idea how hard that is for me to do.
2. Learning firsthand what a supportive marriage is like (my parents, of course, being lousy examples of this)
3. Being a more forgiving person -- more of a softy and not such a judgmental hardass all the time.
That being said, I have been pondering what lessons may come from it.
Can't dictate my own lessons, of course, but some have already surfaced and stuck:
1. Reaching out and asking people for help. You have no idea how hard that is for me to do.
2. Learning firsthand what a supportive marriage is like (my parents, of course, being lousy examples of this)
3. Being a more forgiving person -- more of a softy and not such a judgmental hardass all the time.