It’s been a while as I’ve been super busy but here we go ….. Nic’s Ramblings…

Recently I was speaking to a dear friend who, like me, has also been through a rigorous cancer journey. Within the thick of cancer treatments, we found great support in one another whilst undergoing the various traumas that a cancer diagnosis can deliver; opening up to each other and being vulnerable in ways which our bodies and minds desperately needed.

Although our diagnoses, treatments and reactions to our treatment were different, we have both realised that some of the lingering results of our cancer, both physical and mental, continue long after the treatment has ceased and we take comfort in each other as a reminder that we are not alone in this journey.

We all deal with major life changes. It’s just part of being human. We can’t avoid it and more often than not, it completely knocks us off our feet. Whether it is sickness, death of a loved one or major upheaval, each of us will confront something that is a major life changer. It’s how we deal with this change that is paramount.

Inevitably, throughout these major life transitions we are presented with a choice to either evolve or remain the same. There is no doubt that cancer has dramatically changed my friend and I in many ways, but if we choose to allow that diagnosis to control us in the wrong way, we will not evolve from the experience. We will always be overcome by the same challenges and the same routine. We will not be able to weather the storms if we choose not to learn from them.

Instead, we choose to evolve. We choose to connect with the strength we have within and explore what lies outside our comfort zone. We choose to love ourselves enough to say no to things that do not serve us well! And as a result, we are awakened to a whole new world of possibilities. Like a tree shedding its leaves in Autumn or flowering in Spring, sometimes you need to look for the positives in any season.

There is no doubt that cancer has irrevocably changed us, but we have learned that life is not about who we once were, it’s about who we are now and more importantly who we have the potential to be.
We can’t choose the cards we are dealt, but we can choose how to play them.

Forever Grateful
Nic xx