Each and everyone of us has good days, bad days, and the changes that normally occur in everyday life. For those of us with Cancer that starts a deepened cycle of that roller coaster when we first hear the dreaded C word.
That begins the roller coaster of thoughts, emotions, and fears.
What I am commenting on is not that coaster but the ones we all are being pushed onto with covid and all that goes with it.
Shutdown, social distancing, loss of personal contact, lost ability to see smiles or frowns, and handshakes, are just a few ways to express the dynamic changes that are the down on the coaster we have been placed on.
Schools closed, sports canceled, High School Seniors having their last year having their slammed shut, college graduates having the same but add in no jobs to go to.
Families that cannot connect with their sick, elder, or dying loved ones. Those dying loose all the comfort of contact with loved ones, those in Nursing Homes feel it deeply when they don’t see and touch family.
All these are the down of the roller coaster and are dramatic. So what might be the up of this coaster?
Certainly faith. Belief that things will get better, relishing in the little things that we do have. Our spouses, family we share a roof with, friends we are close to are the Up.
But for many there is Faith. The difference is that Faith is in a higher power, a sense of purpose and of more that just ourselves. You can assign the term that fits you but Faith is stronger than faith.
I wish you all the Up on your roller coaster and strength to overcome the downs.
My Odyssey with Cancers 