The sun is shining, the sky is blue and I'm feeling down. It's one of those days when counting your blessings, being grateful for all the good things you have in life doesn't make any real difference.
I could go and sit in a corner and howl. I could stuff myself with rhubarb muffins. I could start early on the bottle of red wine on the kitchen counter.
Or I could re-read Josh Allerton's blog on three positive things about having cancer.
Now that really puts things into perspective.
Josh has had to face the thing that most of us dread, life threatening illness at a very young age and he has dealt with it with honesty and courage and a sense of humour.
He has written about his illness without the slightest shred of self pity or that awful "misery memoir" tone that drags you down to wallow in some voyeuristic pit of second hand emotion. He's just got on with his life. He can talk openly about what he has experienced but he never lets it take over.
No victim status for Josh.
Great stuff.
http://jallerton.com/3-positives-about-cancer/
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