No room for negative

I learned in the past week that one of my former classmates is going through cancer right now, and another had acute leukemia 12 years ago. Both have used and continue to use alternative and complimetary medicine. It occurs to me that I am so blessed to have cancer at a time when there is so much out there. 30 years ago, there would have been no internet to research not only the wide variety of cancers, but also the wide varieties of treatments that are available. Not only that, but in the last 20 years, it has become almost commonplace to at least use some complimentary medicine. Most of these modalities have a spiritual basis to them, at least in the mind/body/spirit sense. In the past, prayer has always been accepted, but oh - there are so many forms of prayer. It also inspires me that both of these men reached out to me to share their experiences - not in a way that said - oh yeah - that happened to me too - doesn't it suck? But rather to share helpful and hopeful things they had come across. This week someone posted something on facebook that said "Everytime you subtract negative from your life, you make more room for positive." I've certainly found that to be true.

At lunch time, my friends from Racemark, Carolyn and Candice stopped by with some lunch from Putnam Market. We hadn't seen each other in about a year, so it was great catching up. Thanks girls - it was so nice to see you!