http://rickdancer.com/the-bridge-haunts-me/ Rick Dancer Media Services Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:16:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://rickdancer.com/the-bridge-haunts-me/#comment-1420 momtism Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:13:38 +0000 http://rickdancer.com/?p=2184#comment-1420 Wow. That took me so many different places, and then back again to one common place. Although my journey has been Autism, I find so much of what you say about your journey with cancer lines up emotionally. I didn't ask for this in my life; didn't want it; am often frightened, exhausted & dizzied by where it has and is taking my life. But one thing I know from this section of the bridge is that. at some point, I had to stop, take a deep breath and make my peace with it. Making your peace with Autism or cancer or anything else that is life-changing, does not mean you are accepting it, that you welcome it or that you are not going to do everything in your power to survive it's toxicity. It means that you are going to quit letting it drag you by the hair. You're going to try to walk beside it and learn what you can from it along the road. It's still a formidable foe that forced it's way into your life without asking. But it's what it brings with it that you eventually cling to. And in being able to identify with the "blessings" that come along side, you are able (if at times only momentarily) to escape from the clutches of what delivered them to your door. Wow. That took me so many different places, and then back again to one common place. Although my journey has been Autism, I find so much of what you say about your journey with cancer lines up emotionally. I didn't ask for this in my life; didn't want it; am often frightened, exhausted & dizzied by where it has and is taking my life. But one thing I know from this section of the bridge is that. at some point, I had to stop, take a deep breath and make my peace with it. Making your peace with Autism or cancer or anything else that is life-changing, does not mean you are accepting it, that you welcome it or that you are not going to do everything in your power to survive it's toxicity. It means that you are going to quit letting it drag you by the hair. You're going to try to walk beside it and learn what you can from it along the road. It's still a formidable foe that forced it's way into your life without asking. But it's what it brings with it that you eventually cling to. And in being able to identify with the “blessings” that come along side, you are able (if at times only momentarily) to escape from the clutches of what delivered them to your door.

]]> http://rickdancer.com/the-bridge-haunts-me/#comment-1150 momtism Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:13:38 +0000 http://rickdancer.com/?p=2184#comment-1150 Wow. That took me so many different places, and then back again to one common place. Although my journey has been Autism, I find so much of what you say about your journey with cancer lines up emotionally. I didn't ask for this in my life; didn't want it; am often frightened, exhausted & dizzied by where it has and is taking my life. But one thing I know from this section of the bridge is that. at some point, I had to stop, take a deep breath and make my peace with it. Making your peace with Autism or cancer or anything else that is life-changing, does not mean you are accepting it, that you welcome it or that you are not going to do everything in your power to survive it's toxicity. It means that you are going to quit letting it drag you by the hair. You're going to try to walk beside it and learn what you can from it along the road. It's still a formidable foe that forced it's way into your life without asking. But it's what it brings with it that you eventually cling to. And in being able to identify with the "blessings" that come along side, you are able (if at times only momentarily) to escape from the clutches of what delivered them to your door. Wow. That took me so many different places, and then back again to one common place. Although my journey has been Autism, I find so much of what you say about your journey with cancer lines up emotionally. I didn't ask for this in my life; didn't want it; am often frightened, exhausted & dizzied by where it has and is taking my life. But one thing I know from this section of the bridge is that. at some point, I had to stop, take a deep breath and make my peace with it. Making your peace with Autism or cancer or anything else that is life-changing, does not mean you are accepting it, that you welcome it or that you are not going to do everything in your power to survive it's toxicity. It means that you are going to quit letting it drag you by the hair. You're going to try to walk beside it and learn what you can from it along the road. It's still a formidable foe that forced it's way into your life without asking. But it's what it brings with it that you eventually cling to. And in being able to identify with the “blessings” that come along side, you are able (if at times only momentarily) to escape from the clutches of what delivered them to your door.

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