‘’Why Do Cancer Patients Start Doing S**t’’

I have recently started a crowdfund to help my niece because she has cancer and her parents have run out of money for her treatments. And I thought what better way, than to go on Ted talks of cancer survivors. And post a comment there and maybe someone would donate (boy was I wrong!).

But I saw something. These cancer survivors went over their fears in public, even if it hurt They became stronger mentally and would not give up easily. They have broken their psychological resistance. And were operating with less fear.

It got to the point where one speaker said that everybody was waiting for her to do something amazing. To do her part. This blew me away!

Why do we expect them to succeed now they have survived cancer?

• They are the same people.
• They did not become someone else.
• They are no smarter than before

We know the answer, but we are too afraid to use it. We intuitively know that, if we do use it. We would have some sort of success. But it would mean putting ourselves out there, like the cancer survivors. Everybody to see our flaws and still move forward. That is not a pleasant place. It’s out of our comfort zone.

So, we know it is possible, but we don’t act. This is the truth. We hold on too tightly to what we have. That we never move ahead. Even if we say that is the direction we are taking. It’s not!

This is a beautiful paradox that keeps us tied in our little cocoons. And we just spend our lives, only having what we want, in our imagination.