Believe in Your Dreams Silver Necklace
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
A beautiful quote by Eleanor Roosevelt. A lovely thought for a cancer survivor.
This quote is etched on one of Shop Cancerversary’s new necklaces, but is it really relevant for a cancer survivor? When we are going through cancer treatment, we are encouraged to “live in the moment.” What exactly is “living in the moment?” Should we only think about today and not the future? The future is unknown, uncertain, and a little bit scary for most of us. Worrying about our uncertain future certainly won’t do us any good. Stress can actually harm us, effect the outcome of treatments. So, yes indeed, we should live in the moment! Yeah for the moment! We’re cured! Hmmm.
Okay, reality check. Let me think about some of my “moments.” The moment my hair started falling out. Don’t want to live in that moment. The moment I was too sick to get out of bed to see my kids before school. Not too fond of that moment. The moment I started burning up from the inside out from hot flashes. Do not want to touch that moment with a ten foot pole. Wait, I know the moment I wanted to live in! Nope, just forgot it. Curse you chemo brain!
Cancer treatment gives us lots of moments we don’t want to “live in,” but we have to persevere. And we do persevere, for the beauty of the future. Did I believe in the future? You bet. How else would anyone make it through those awful treatments? Did I believe in the dream of seeing my boys grow up? Absolutely. Cancer cannot take away our dreams. So, should we live in the moment? Sure. Enjoy the small, quiet moments, the beauty in the everyday. I was grateful for the time I did get to spend with my boys, reading to them in bed because it was all I could do, seeing the beauty in them. I’m happy for every day I have now, even the crazy, messed up times. Living in the moment makes you slow down and realize it’s All Going To Be Okay.
But believe in the beauty of your dreams. The future does belong to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams! To be a survivor, you must believe. In the future, in a higher power, in you. I’m not sure Eleanor Roosevelt intended the quote as a cancer survivor mantra, but it works for me!
