When it comes to being outcast, unfriended, and uninvited, I don’t think the trend ends in middle school. I think social media makes it safe to say that in a world where we have access to everyone, it’s becoming harder to really connect with anyone. As a business mentor, I get asked a lot about my success, and if there is one thing that I speak very unapologetically about it’s the importance of eradicating cancer. We all have cancers. Maybe not the physical cancer, but we all carry the emotional cancers. When I was diagnosed, my oncologist looked at me and stated two things that I remember crystal clear.
1. I was very likely going to lose my hair.
2. His ONLY job was to eradicate the disease.
He took his job very seriously, and didn’t waver from the latter fact, that eradicating cancer meant my health and wellness. My life was literally in his hands. He wasn’t quite right about the hair, but man did he ever nail the elimination of cancer, and as a survivor, I think that’s one of the biggest realizations I’ve had of life in remission. Even in remission, I have cancers.
We all have cancers.
What is Cancer to You?
Def. (n.) A phenomenon perceived to be evil or destructive and hard to contain…
Cancer can be anything toxic that flows into the stream of your well being.
It isn’t just about the cells.
Cancer is anything toxic, really.
We all have cancers.
All of us.
Think about it. The anger, resentment, guilt, blame, worry, and the not enough. And the people, oh the people.
The people in your life who speak ill of others, and likely ill of you when you aren’t in arms length of hearing.
People who choose not to seek out the joy but to seek out the fault.
The ones who slowly, quietly sneakily seek to bring you down to their level.
These are the people who constantly root against you.
You don’t belong there. It is always in your best interest to begin your chemo drip of joy.
What is A Chemo Drip of Joy?
Friend, a well lived life, a cancer free life, is a constant DECISION to be aware of your mindset, and remove the toxic cancers that can creep in. It’s a constant battle, a constant chemo drip of positivity, affirmation, and love. The more you seek out the people who lift you up, the people who push you towards greatness, the people who have your back, the people who high road, the greater your own life becomes the easier it is to cure.
Be cognizant of the company you keep, and not just their actions but their words. Speaking from first hand experience, the removal of cancer, isn’t always easy. Sometimes it’s painful, and truth be told, cancer always looks for the small cracks to creep back in.
But you get one go at this life.
Cancer free it…
Chemo drip the positivity, daily.
Because the people you surround yourself with, those are the people that you are in the process of becoming most like.
XOXO,
Katy
Rooting for you. ✌
