The following quotes were submitted for and/or by caregivers and friends of those dealing with cancer, who need support and encouragement.
We have gathered positive, hopeful messages: stories, quotes, & inspiration for those who either have cancer, Message of Hope, or for those who are caring for someone with cancer, Messages of Cope.
Quotes:
"Cancer has been an unexpected gift that has brought with it dramatic change and transformation. . . . I never believed in my beauty as a model, but here I am, 57 years old, with a double mastectomy, hair fried from radiation, never feeling more beautiful! . . . I have gone inside out." ~Lynn Kohlman
"I sometimes feel like I am a kaledescope...ever changing to the ones I am communicating with....its a beautiful thing...it makes loving you so easy! To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others. ~Tony Robbins
"In learning to face our pain we deepen our compassion." ~James Baraz, www.Awakeningjoy.info
"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." ~Randy Pausch
"If I worry about anything, it's that I might lose this sense of awareness... of the here and now... and that things pass... Life is what you make it now. So let us put our energies into life. Into understanding our interrelatedness."
~U Kyi Maung, Imprisioned Freedom Activist-Burma
"Look at how you can grow in this situation, deepening your understanding of the human experience and life." ~James Baraz, www.Awakeningjoy.info
"Behind every "bad situation" lies concealed a deeper good, which reveals itself to you through inner acceptance of what is." ~Eckart Tolle
"Look for something in this moment to appreciate." ~James Baraz, www.Awakeningjoy.info
"You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying around your head, but you can prevent them from making
nests in your hair." ~Chinese Proverb
"Feel your feelings (without getting lost in the story)." ~James Baraz, www.Awakeningjoy.info
"When challenges come, as they always do, make it a habit to go within at once and focus as much as you can on the inner energy field of your body." ~Eckart Tolle
"Be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity." ~Randy Pausch
"Suffering is universal: don’t take it personally."~James Baraz, www.Awakeningjoy.info
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." ~Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
"Surround yourself in a benevolent field of energy." ~James Baraz, www.Awakeningjoy.info
"In true surrender, you ask for nothing, expect nothing. You simply embrace what is. Another way of putting it: you suffer consciously." ~Eckart Tolle
"Hold your suffering with kindness and compassion." ~James Baraz, www.Awakeningjoy.info
