Interesting observation today... i attribute it to society and our lack of patience... our need for speed... lack of consideration... a commodity of time... and while these all mean something of the same... here i will begin this diatribe... i was waiting at the stop light today... the scene played out much like this... the cross traffic to which I was waiting had been brought to a halt due to 3 senior aged women...waiting patiently for the walk icon to flash on the stop light... one gentle spirit was with a walker... this was during a busy time of day and frankly on a corner that were you to step off to soon...at this particular corner of town those who are approaching tend to do so with speed... to which you could easily be sent to your reward... these were and had been waiting patiently for the icon signal to change from hand to walk signal... to which upon progression thru the walk lane... albeit a slow and steady pace... they were met with again the held up hand... traffic all around had stopped... to a standstill... and in that moment of standstill another gentle lady approached the walk and began to move through as well... i too believe it was a safety in numbers sort of a moment... regardless... traffic was stopped... dead... now from my perspective... this action was acceptable as the three others had only just made it to center stage... by the time all 4 had traversed the walk and traffic began to move again... the light had gone from green to yellow to red... now here in lies my musing... traffic had become stalled from what was north to south... and once the light had turned to red... not only did the two vehicles that were in the most immediate path of the pedestrians did move forward and onward... but the next 3 vehicles from the north and 1 from the south... this action... while admittedly was possibly out of what one would feel was of no better choice... there was an evident moment of... my time is more valuable than yours... and quite possibly even more valuable than a human life... take a moment and ponder these thoughts...
As I reflect on the past weeks I am taken by the fact that my hopes and dreams… while still big and positive… have again been placed into a reality that is… adjusted. This business of cancer is a difficult one. Once you think you have seen it all, you see a different view of life… once again. Let me begin by saying that I have been fortunate from the start for the care given by Rocky Mountain Cancer Center, those who work within the walls, those whose care is from behind a desk, and those who are never directly involved in my care but are there nonetheless, leaves you with NO doubt of the care given. I began my new medication on January 1st. This was used as a land mark day for reference and it just made sense as I seem to have difficulty with the order of my days. My new reality requires that I take a hormone blocker daily knowing that it will require a 5 possibly 10 year commitment. Edit in… the results of my bone density scan provided additional details, some that I was n...
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