i just started watching the c word on showtime and it has me thinking about choosing to live your life more fully after a fatal diagnosis as opposed to before it - while you're healthy. and i keep coming back to life is all about choices.
i know i get stuck on the minutia of life and sometimes forget what i find important. i'd like to be more spontaneous. and take more risks. and say more of what's on my mind. i'd also like to enjoy more moments and really appreciate them without thinking about the endless "to do" list.
the laura linney character on the c word has apparently gone from a fairly boring and set-in-her-way person to a woman with a wtf-carefree attitude once hearing of her terminal diagnosis. she's getting rid of the marriage that isn't working, shaping up the kid who's out of control, and she's even having a pool installed in her very small backyard. but most of all, she seems like she's actually liking herself and her life.
wwcd: choosing to enjoy life
being true to yourself is a tricky balance to strike without seeming like a self-absorbed b&$%#!
ReplyDeletei don't know anything about the show you are referring to, but i totally go with the idea of choices that reflect the truth about who you are and what matters to you -- and not waiting for catastrophe to point that out. katie makes a good point, and leads me to want to say that it is actually self-absorbed and obnoxious unless the true self accepts its deep connection to others. what i want, what matters to me, what is true, what is a solution or addresses a need all include those around me, those i care about, and those i've never met but who share the air and earth, water and beating heart with me... so that helps lessen the "me-me-me" part of the "i - i - i" ... best not to be both actor (i) and object (me) ... truly being the actor is profound and fulfilling. definitely isn't "wtf attitude", more like "this is why i am who i am and am here now"
ReplyDeletefrom aunt judy:
ReplyDeleteTHE C WORD....
THE THIRD LETTER OF THE ALPHABET....
THE FIRST NOTE OF THE C SCALE MAJOR...
THE ROMAN NUMERAL FOR 100.....
many wonderful definitions for the letter "C".....unfortunaltely mostly related to cancer....one of the most frightening words anyone ever wants to hear.
Why shouldn't she be liking herself....kudos to her.....life is all about choices....I believe we should all live in the moment, with the C or without it in our lives.
life has to be about spontaneity......."living in the moment, making choices, one moment at a time"......I call this survival....we all have different ways of dealing with what is ever put on our plate....what is ever handed us, what is something we are going to have to learn how to deal with, in the best manner for US.
not everyone will be making the same choices, or approaching the problem the way we would. therein lies the dilemma - what I might choose.