Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Sparking Enthusiasm After Cancer

In our lives before cancer, we have several avenues for our energy including family, work, school, volunteer work and on and on. We were able to juggle it all. But after a diagnosis, we need to choose one or two passions and let the rest go.


PUBLISHED May 09, 2018

Jane has earned three advanced degrees and had several fulfilling careers as a librarian, rehabilitation counselor and college teacher. Presently she does freelance writing. Her articles include the subjects of hearing loss and deafness, service dogs and struggling with cancer. She has been a cancer survivor since 2010.

She has myelodysplastic syndrome, which is rare, and would love to communicate with others who have MDS.
I received my hearing ear service dog 10 years ago. I was visiting the gift shop at Circle Tail, where she was trained. I did not mind spending money there because I knew the profits went to a good cause.

A beautiful framed picture caught my eye. Three little yellow lab puppies were outside running and carrying a large branch longer than any of them. The quote on the picture hit me like a ton of bricks. “We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements in life when all we need to be really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” (Charles Kingsley).


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