You have proberbly heard me say it before, that there really is beauty in everything. Whilst learning on my cancer journey, my whole mind set has changed. As a younger man teens and certainly in my twenties, I saw problems in problems. I saw what problems took from me as opposed to the wisdom that problems can give to us.
You see for me, there are problems everywhere if we want to look at life like that. Let me attempt to exsplain. So somebody tells me I have an illness and it will take my life, without treatment. I have heard those words, I know it’s more serious for some people. But I am of the belief it’s not what we are told it’s our whole attitude to it that matters. A good attitude is found in relaxed people. It’s generally not found in the person that runs around like a headless chicken looking for problems. I for sure have my own demons I have to face, like anyone else I am not perfect far from it.
The point is this it’s winter right now and there are no flowers in our garden, but I went out there and took some photos anyway just with this I pad I write this on now. I wonder what you think yo what I have taken.
Funny isn’t it I didn’t notice before but I am not sure that lights much good full of water like that lol. That garden was a blank piece of grass. I will show you how it looked at the end of this blog, I could have done nothing with it just left it as it was and the dog would have still been happy with it as she is today. Why because our dog faith does not care what it looks like as long as she is with me or Andie. I see beauty in everything these days, that’s what cancer gave to me. Cancer made me change my attitude to everything I see. I no longer see a problem in a problem, I see solutions where I did not before.
This is a border me and my friend Karl made.
If you have read all of my blogs you will have read how I was determined to get a piece of land the other day. Well this is how it looked
A couple of days after that picture it looked like this.
It’s amazing walking in that small piece of land that I call a garden. But yet it could just be a brown piece of land, our lives even with cancer can have good come out of it, but you have to choose for something good to come of it.
It’s strange you know, I can get emotional just because I can see all these things growing. Cancer has made me appreciate so much, people, plants, life, breath. Just life, some people are fortunate to know when thier life will end and dig in and gain more days purely by shear determination. For sure I am alive because I want to be, and everything I see fills me with a grateful heart. I ask you this question, and please comment. It’s nice for people to know your thoughts. What has life taught you?
Have a great day
Fonz
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rajivbakshi said:
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rajivbakshi said:
This is the first post of yours which I have read after I turned an Author @63. I find you have a very flowery command over English literature . I would love to see you publish your Book one day . It will be great if you could also read my Book : Journey from Guwahati to Machhiwara available on Amazon.com for 9.99 USD . I have not been able to figure out the country of your origin . But I just bumped into your Blog .
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fonzandcancer said:
England my friend and thank you. 😊
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pandyb said:
So true. A positive reflection on what can often be a negative time x
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D. Horrenbrand said:
Hey man, thanks for the subscription. Your blog is inspiring! I agree – there is beauty in everything. I recommend you a book called “Dropping ashes on the Buddha” by Seungsahn. Peace!
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fonzandcancer said:
Hmmm I will look into that thank you.
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fonzandcancer said:
Sorry I didn’t mean to pry, I love the snow but it can be a bit of a nuisance
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mulchandmorecrafts said:
Snow can be a nuisance, but one we’ve learned to live with! Nine inches last night and maybe another 6-8 tonight! Wasn’t sure what you meant by Lake District, but yes Michigan is surrounded by lakes, so we have a lot of lake effect snow.
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fonzandcancer said:
I thought u lived in England in the Lake District.. As allot of snow… Wow that’s a lot of snow…..
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mulchandmorecrafts said:
that all our yesterdays have brought us to today, and our choices for the future will help to shape our tomorrow.
Great job with your garden, ours is under a blanket of snow.
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fonzandcancer said:
Your in the Lake District then are you? You could be anywhere…. Thank you re garden… It’s so satisfying..
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