Here
we are launching into another year, full of possibilities and promises.
Our human weakness often unnecessarily prevents us from aspiring to be
better, stronger or happier people. The reality is that we can be as
strong as our courage and as happy as our capacity to feel it.
I
start the year on a precipice. My cancer, ever a threat, reactivated in
the fall of 2015. It seems to want to progress rapidly. The BC Cancer
Agency, which has helped me enormously in the past, has suddenly cut off
my access to therapy. I accept that my care has been expensive and I suppose we have a ledger somewhere.
I
will find a way to get to a better place. I remind myself that I
registered for hospice 3 years ago this month. I did not give up hope
then. In June of that year I ran 87 kilometres while climbing 6000 feet
up into the hills of KwaZulu Natal in the Comrades Ultramarathon. And so
it will be in 2016.
I wish all of my family and friends a very happy 2016 and I hope to connect in person or online with each of you.
Wishing you peace, joy and love, Nigel
From our beautiful paradise on the west coast:
Dear Nigel, may this wonder year, 2016, be another year of marathons and adventures, and for you also, peace, joy, light and love.
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Happy New Year, Nigel. May 2016 be kind to you. You have another wonderful adventure in Africa to look forward and so much more. Love, Angela
ReplyDeleteKeep the faith Nigel! You are amazing and continue to inspire!
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