Breast Cancer & Post-Treatment Joy

Thirteen years ago this week I was in the hospital after breast cancer diagnosis recovering from bi-lateral mastectomy surgery and feeling puny, weak and out of sorts. Yet, from my hospital window I could see blue sky, snow-capped mountains and a variety of colored flowers in the beds below. Joy entered. Yes, joy!

That glimpse of Nature reminded me that we are capable of deciding where to put our attention (on feeling sick, hospital smells and noises or the miracle of Nature at her finest just a glance away). What's exciting about this is that our energy and focus follow where our attention goes. Yes, you can too! Consider this: "What gives me true joy?"

As you pay attention to what brings you joy, you shift your mood. Are you ready to try it?  Designing a few small things to do that bring you joy can create a shift in your energy and outlook no matter what your age, stage or prognosis. What will you try right now? 

I encourage you to spend an hour or a half a day or a two hour date with yourself keeping track of what's right. You could make notes to record both the little and the big moments that pop into your awareness when you're doing this experiment. My prediction is that a sense of gratitude will follow. You'll see that you have the capacity to create even more joy as you become willing to do so. Joseph Campbell adds his words of wisdom on this subject by reminding us: 

"We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy."  

The eBook,Yes After Cancer: Digestible dollops for Well-being after Treatment was created to broaden the post treatment possibilities. It offers specific suggestions from the life coach for creating the life you'll most enjoy right now. Support and encouragement and optimism are what you'll find among the dollops in this eBook. It makes a terrific gift and would be an asset to any waiting room whether a beauty salon or medical office! http://www.lesliegebhart.com/cancer-ebook.html This information supports you or a loved one to take action with ease, compassion, generosity, joy and the spirit of possibility no matter what the age, diagnosis or prognosis. And, this eBook does it with a lightness of heart and a touch of what-the-heck whimsy written from the perspective of a survivor/thrivor. What a gift! In addition to the purchase place, you'll find a complimentary excerpt: http://www.lesliegebhart.com/cancer-ebook.html Feel free to paste this article into your own material so long as you also maintain the author contact information as is herein. Hope you found it useful! Make it a terrific day. :)