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Now that I look at those, they are in complete reverse order. Fortunately, all are visiting me well.

When all this started to come into view, I vowed I would not relent to being a victim. This has a purpose in my life. There is something in this illness that I needed to understand to speak into someone else’s life. Plain and simple.

In these first few days after the procedure, of course you focus on making sure everything works. BUT, the real challenge is not being tricked into thinking you are old, or moving into a dormant or sunset stage of life. No. Just no.

As long as we do the work, we can restore much, if not all of normal bio function.

Yesterday morning I woke up starving and then a little less so last night. Much of this is do to a shrinking stomach having lost 35 lbs (so far) due to major oral surgery 12/29/2020.

Which btw, I would not have suspected C had I not opted to have that oral work done. The pre-op tests revealed enough stats to warrant a few tests.

And finally, sleep. Thank you for visiting me quite a bit last night. I need you deeply to heal and relax.

I am in awe of how our bodies are designed. How they are made to heal ourselves or send great big messages to us when they are struggling to keep up. Both, in my mind are miracles.

While awake for a few last night around 2:30a, I simply began praying and singing quietly to myself. I am thankful we found everything early, thankful the procedure is over, thankful to be on the mend, thankful for friends and family.

I am thankful for many, many things that just a few short weeks ago were totally out of order.

Healing. Focus. Purpose. Thankfulness.

When you are given a diagnosis of cancer—even if not a life-threatening version—it is still a serious wake-up call that changes you. In those few words, “You’ve got C@&$#,” your perspective changes. In a millisecond, a mountain of tasks and to-dos become unimportant or irrelevant. And for me, the line of things I am willing to tolerate has and is getting much shorter by the day.

Why is that?

If the things that are super important were also super important before, why were they not taking precedent back then? What all a sudden makes something be in the list to move to the top of the required list that pushes everything else aside?

Time and your perspective of it.

I am very thankful that my diagnosis is currently confined and completely treatable with a measurable, but reasonable level of risks but certainly not life-threatening. Even still, my filter of “worth my time” just got far tighter.

So, two questions:

1) How do I maintain this level of focus after C@*($# is in my past, and

2) What would I have achieved if I had this level of focus all long? How many distractions would I have avoided?

(okay, fine. So it is 3 questions…sorry.)

I’ll start with the second. I cannot move forward by focusing on the past or trying to relitigate it. I can, however, elevate my view to look at patterns and traits. What are the things in my personal and professional life that keep happening in one form or another? Why do I attract a certain type of client? Why is this particular part of work more difficult than other pieces?

And now the answer to the first question. Intentionality and Tenacity. Knowing what you want, how you want it, and speaking it and moving toward it every day. There are 10 things on my board that I want to be walking in by June. They are personal, professional, philosophical, practical, physical, spiritual, and financial.

When I approach life with those areas of intentionality and focus, things happen.

Not just money and business. My personal satisfaction and joy are free and elevated. I stop reacting to life and instead, live and create the sort of life I want.

Fullness happens when I pay attention to my health, personal development, spirituality, profession, relationships, interests, and life purpose.

Not balance. That is a myth. But focused intentionality and perspective will change you and change your station in life.

Am I happy about this diagnosis? NO WAY!

But am I grateful for the wake-up call and the re-alignment it is delivering to my steps and the inspiration it is planting in my heart and soul? You bet. 100%

I would not wish this upon my worst enemy, but I will shout it from the rooftops that I am thankful for this journey God has seen fit for me to walk. A crazy series of seemingly unrelated choices and experiences resulting in me finding out early that I had an illness that needed to be fought with fury and focus.

I am thankful for this forced perspective.

It has reminded me what living really looks like. It has also reminded me that death can happen in many forms. Physical, for sure. But many of us are walking dead, going through the motions, looking busy, claiming we are building something, and our own fulfillment and success are nowhere in sight.

I choose life and life to the fullest!

Think about that.

Call me silly, but when a legend offers to give you advice, you listen, right? Especially, if that legend was such for over 70 years.

B.B. King was a life-long learner and was often noted as being a student of other musicians, no matter their age. He loved to learn from everyone.

There is a great lesson here for us. 

Imagine being at the top of your craft for a lifetime and still being compelled to learn even more.  That is truly remarkable and probably what made him even more of a legend when still with us.

Truth is, it is a common trait among uber-successful people that I know. All have a habit of being a life-long student.

That is a great challenge to us all.

How do you like to learn? I choose to focus on areas of health, profession, relationships, spirituality, hobbies, and life purpose. As a result, these topics build me to a stronger and better person.

I challenge you to commit to learning forever.

Think about that.