There is this new show on ABC Family called Chasing Life. The main character is a journalist for a newspaper, and also was diagnosed with cancer. At the end of one of the episodes, she writes a column in the paper telling people about cancer and how she has it too. This is part of the scrip:
"...And when it chooses you, you’re suddenly thrust into a club you didn’t ask to join. You’re shipped off to war even though you never enlisted in the Army. But you have to put on your armor anyway, and know that if you’re lucky, you’ll discover new sides of yourself. Like a will you never knew you had. And you’ll get to see new sides of the people who matter the most to you in the world, as they wrap you in their love and lend you their strength when yours is running low. And then you go off and you fight. You fight like hell. Because, really, what other choice do you have?"
I can relate to this part of the article so much. No, I don't have cancer like the character in the show does, but I can immensely understand the struggles of being sick. I know what it's like to be sick and to fight against your own body every day. I get what it's like to have everything be out of your control, like you're riding in the passenger seat and your illness is driving. There is nothing in life that can prepare you for the struggles of cancer, chronic illness, etc.. Nothing can make you be ready to enter the fight of your life. But even when you're not ready, it's almost natural instinct just to start fighting anyways. Like you face head on every challenge that shoots your way. You overcome one thing just to be ready to overcome the next. It's a never ending battle. And like the passage says, when you're feeling low on hope or like you possibly fight anymore, you draw strength from your love ones around you. No matter how rough things seem to get, you just push through it all, you just keep going.
"...And when it chooses you, you’re suddenly thrust into a club you didn’t ask to join. You’re shipped off to war even though you never enlisted in the Army. But you have to put on your armor anyway, and know that if you’re lucky, you’ll discover new sides of yourself. Like a will you never knew you had. And you’ll get to see new sides of the people who matter the most to you in the world, as they wrap you in their love and lend you their strength when yours is running low. And then you go off and you fight. You fight like hell. Because, really, what other choice do you have?"
I can relate to this part of the article so much. No, I don't have cancer like the character in the show does, but I can immensely understand the struggles of being sick. I know what it's like to be sick and to fight against your own body every day. I get what it's like to have everything be out of your control, like you're riding in the passenger seat and your illness is driving. There is nothing in life that can prepare you for the struggles of cancer, chronic illness, etc.. Nothing can make you be ready to enter the fight of your life. But even when you're not ready, it's almost natural instinct just to start fighting anyways. Like you face head on every challenge that shoots your way. You overcome one thing just to be ready to overcome the next. It's a never ending battle. And like the passage says, when you're feeling low on hope or like you possibly fight anymore, you draw strength from your love ones around you. No matter how rough things seem to get, you just push through it all, you just keep going.