r/LivingWithMBC • u/StereoPoet • 4d ago
Chitty Chat Chat What Cancer Cannot Do
(as seen on a poster at the cancer center)
Cancer is so limited... It cannot cripple love, It cannot shatter hope, It cannot ceorode faith, It cannot destroy peace, It can not kill friendship, It can not suppress memories, It cannot silence courage, It cannot invade the soul, It cannot steal eternal life, It cannot conquer the spirit.
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u/redsowhat 4d ago
Writing and deleting repeatedly but decided to be real. If the message is inspiring for you, then great, scroll on so I don’t bring you down.
Cancer has certainly done some of things for me even though most people would say I am strong. I guess the idea is that it’s not cancer doing those things—it’s me or other people. But were it not for cancer those things would not have happened as they did.
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u/StereoPoet 4d ago
Honestly, I knew this comment would come, because there are moments when the blatant harsh reality of what a demon and their cancer is are too bold to not feel like cancer has absolutely done exactly that...we could go back on and forth, saying no it wasn't cancer - cancer just made the inevitable reality blah blah blah...yeah, this message comforts me..and then in turn angers me...but I am going to get angry no matter what so I will take the moment of comfort even brief or faltering... you have done to wrong pointing this out, I am glad you said something. It should be addressed.
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u/Sarappreciates 4d ago
I agree to some degree. I have mixed feels on this one. It's human to feel bitter sometimes, so I do. My hair fell out recently, and I have unfocused, unbridled rage at no one in particular over it. I find myself snapping at the ones I love most even when I'm trying not to. There's this damaged piece of me right now I'm trying to repair, and CANCER is doing that to me even while I do everything I can to not allow it.
This "Zen" perfection, I can't attain it so easily.
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u/cat-pernicus 4d ago
Thank you for the reminder ❤️❤️❤️ Have a wonderful day