My Best Life Advice

 

 

I am still in shock. What a crazy ride I’ve been on for the past few months, my emotions are all over the map and I’m finding it very difficult to fully accept the news that I am, indeed, cancer free. When I decided to open up my life and my feelings and go public with, what we were told by my oncologist, was cancer, I did so with zero expectations. I didn’t expect it to touch people. I didn’t expect it to pull people in. I certainly didn’t expect it to create a ball of light around me that would keep me warm. But I got all of that and then some. I got love and good energy from people I never expected like business associates whom I’ve never met and parents of my friends and people in my virtual world who only know my avatar. And of course I got all the squishy good energy and love from the people who know me well and who took control of the situation and showed up.

I am grateful and honoured to have each and every person in my life who thought of me, sent positive energy to me, shared my story, prayed for me, cried for me and showed up for me. This has truly been the best gift I’ve ever received.

Knowing that this isn’t the first time cancer has affected my life, I’ve become very aware of being appreciative of the people in my life as opposed to the things in my life and so I want to share with you, my best life advice:

Tell people you love them, today.

Don’t wait till tomorrow. Don’t wait till they’re sick. Don’t wait till they need to hear it. Tell them today.

Take any and all opportunities to tell the people in your life that you love them. All people in your life. Don’t save your testaments of love only for those in your life who expect to be loved like your kids and your sister, although if you’re not saying it to them, dammit, get on that too. Tell the cousin you only talk to twice a year, I love you. Tell the friend from high school who called you up to say hello out of the blue, just because, I love you. Tell your best friend when you’re sitting in her house for tea, I love you. Life is far too short to squander your love and I for one want the people in my life to know that I love and appreciate them in times of good and in times of bad. In times of need and in times of plenty. Being on the receiving end of so much love in recent months due to cancer, makes me realize how important it is to me that the people I love know they are important to me, not just because I am in need.

And so I hope you will join me and Manulife in sharing the love, not just because it’s 10 days till Christmas, and tell someone special in your life that they’re important to you.

Hey, thanks for stoping by, I love you.

 

This post is sponsored by SPLASH Media Engagement on behalf of Manulife.

@Manulife is asking you to spread some positive by thanking those in your life who have given you great #LifeAdvice. Take a moment to #PayItForward by thanking someone important to you.