Cancer Truth Note: #12

by | Dec 14, 2022 | Cancer Truth Note

How you show up and play full out in your life, even with cancer, is a choice you get to make every day.

Before my diagnosis I was embracing being a runner. I was a solid middle of the pack run/walker. My treatment derailed my movement temporarily and I was determined to get back to my fitness in a big way. So, I trained for the Dopey Challenge, a 4-day race series at Disney World. In January of 2018 I successfully finished that race series. Came down with a terrible cough and the wheels fell off. Just like deciding to do the series and do the work to successfully do that, I kept putting one foot in front of the other. Where can you put one foot in front of the other today and choose to play a little bigger? (hint: playing bigger can mean showering and putting on clothes that aren’t pjs.)

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