I've recently been all wrapped up in my own little narcissistic world, considering my own medical problems, and reaching out for help to others.
You may have noticed from recent entries on this blog.
But three people who I contacted recently have their own, rather more serious problems. One has prostate cancer, another is still awaiting an emergency ultrasound after an abnormal mammogram, and the third recently lost her husband to Lung Cancer.
None have paraded their own problems in public, nor made a big deal of them, they're just doing whatever they can, and living life to the fullest.
Just walk down the street, odds are of the hundreds of people you walk past, some will have recently lost a daughter, or a husband, or been diagnosed with Cancer, or had some other tragedy befall them. But they carry on regardless, not making a fuss.
Here's to them, the Quiet Heroes, I wish them Joy in the Future, and the strength to carry on until then.
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Sunday, 19 June 2005
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Anonymous commenters - please add a signature (doesn't have to be your real name) on each post of yours. Anne O'Namus, Norm D. Ploom, Angry from Kent, Demosthenes, or even your real initials, it doesn't matter.
Commenters are expected to be polite to each other, but the same standard doesn't apply to comments regarding me.
Australian commenters are very very strongly advised to publish anonymously. Sydney alone has more defamation actions than the entire USA and UK. Nearly double that of the UK in fact.
As Google does not reliably inform me that a comment has been posted, and I have no control over first publication, I assert that all comments are innocently disseminated under the NSW DEFAMATION ACT 2005 - SECT 32 and similar acts.
Here's to them, the Quiet Heroes, I wish them Joy in the Future, and the strength to carry on until then.
ReplyDeleteMe too.