Cancer Rocks

Kindness Heals

“When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.” __The Dalai Lama

How do you define kindness? Some say it is a sate of charitable behavior to other people. The Talmud claims “deeds of kindness are equal in weight to all the commandments," and in Buddhism, one of the ten perfections is Mettā, translated as “loving kindness.” It is a recognized value in many religions and cultures.

Healing Music Magic

When you listen to music you that you really like, your body really begins to talk to you. Your toes might start to tap on the floor or you start snapping your fingers to the beat, or maybe humming or singing along. Now, how do you feel?  Are you relaxed, calm, and in a good mood? Experience healing music now.

A Tribute to Randy Pausch

Although the news was inevitable, the passing of Carnegie Mellon Professor Dr. Randy Pausch was devastating news to me and especially the pancreatic cancer community of which I am a member. Even as he was dying, he gave hope to me and others struggling with this dreadful disease. Randy Pausch has left a profound legacy to the world.

Randy’s “Last Lecture” reinforces what all of us know and perhaps do not live. Our lives are perfect as they are if we have a positive attitude and follow our hearts and our values. “Enabling the dreams of others” was one of Randy’s principles. He wanted people to feel happy working with one another and to help each other be successful. He believed in bringing fun and joy into everyday living. Most of all he realized what was important in life and shared that with everyone in his family, students, and colleagues.

His legacy focused on seeing beauty and good in the world and interpreting many more things as positive. He said “let people finish their sentences.”  Listen more than you speak and let go of excessive judgment; principles that increase the joy in living.

You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.
You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. It's your choice how you live your life.
You make choices about life instead of reacting to it. 

Research demonstrates that something negative usually occurs in your life that motivates you to change your behavior or attitude. Do you have to have a life threatening event occur before you learn what is really important in life and how to balance living in a “busy world” with joy, fulfillment, peace, and fun? 

Randy; you and your legacy will live through us. Your spirit will live forever!

6 Great Tips Too Help You Successfully Manage Stress

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

6 Great Tips Too Help You Successfully Manage Stress

How do you say “Goodbye to Stress?” You don’t say “Goodbye” to stress; stress happens; it’s called LIFE!  What you do is learn to manage life’s challenges more effectively.  A Mayo Clinic Study determined the most common time for heart attacks to occur is Monday morning, the first day of the business week.  If you feel overwhelmed, under appreciated, unfulfilled, and can’t even think about taking a day off or even day dream for a minute, you need to kick your stress habits and change your results. It’s time for you to make Monday morning feel like Friday afternoon!

There are many ways to manage stress. Here are just a few habits you might like to trade in for your old stress producing habits.  These new habits can help you NOW! They have the potential to reduce tension, calm your mind, increase your sense of fulfillment, elevate your mood, and increase your “Happiness Quotient!”

Return of the Over Extended Native!

It’s been some time since I have posted on my blog.

Why is that you might ask? The answer is rather simple; over extended.

Yup, committing to too many tasks or simply stated saying “yes” too many times.

The bottom line is I want to share the lessons I have learned about creating a life of joy during my cancer journey.

Having cancer, any kind of cancer, can really turn tricks on your attitude, your purpose for living, your ability to laugh, or even find joy in the simplest things; like eating breakfast or watching the rain. Is it possible to be one of those people who said “cancer was the best thing that happened to me?”

Promoting Wholeness, Health, Wellness, Healing, and Hope

Discover the benefits of “Shelimut,” a multi-disciplinary approach to Health, Healing, and Wholeness as it functions in the faith community,

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 10:30 am EDT on Talk Shoe hosted by Roz Trieber