Strength is what I know as a fighter!!

I'm Stage IV Breast Cancer and I'm awaiting for that call from my oncologist's office to tell me of a recurrence. Like blinders on a horse's face, I've learned to live in the moment because it helps me to do what I do in my daily regimen as this is my 2nd year of fighting. I've become comfortable to work with the physical changes I'm going through, never questioning if I will ever walk without a limp, to be able to reach without pain, just to get that feeling of no pain I sometimes get a surge of gets me to do what I want to do!

I choose better to best in the things I do, I choose what my immune system craves for not what I want to eat and surround myself with an abundance of support and connections that gives me a whole new world to use outside of my cancer world! Sad to say there is not enough AWARENESS.This is my second time here to tell my story from a Survivor to the Fighter I am, grateful for the contagious support near and far it's how I gain strength to push through, I escalate from the most incredible caring hearts.

Melanie,

He: Let's pray for the best
She: For the peace of mind :)

You Can't Send a Duck to Eagle School!!

Today I received a regular newsletter of Simple truths and found this topic what is really attracted me regardless of being not a big fan of football to get it as an example to illustrate things, anyway I loved that sense of the article “keep it simple” philosophy, yes keeping things easy and simple what is making this life bearable and which raise the hope inside our deeds, share me this:

An excerpt from
You Can't Send a Duck to Eagle School
by Mac Anderson

Two of the all-time greatest coaches in sports history were Red Auerbach, who coached the great Boston Celtics basketball team in the 1950's and 1960's, and Vince Lombardi, the legendary football coach for the Green Bay Packers. When I read their biographies, what struck me most was their "keep it simple" philosophy. While other coaches were teaching complicated offense and defense, both Lombardi and Auerbach only had a few plays, but this was the key...they executed the plays to perfection.

Someone once asked Auerbach what magic formula he had for winning games. He laughed and said, "Our secret to success is what I would call 'effective simplicity.' Nothing complicated. In fact, we only have seven different plays and Bill Russell touched the ball on every one of them."

Under Auerbach's "effective simplicity" philosophy, the Boston Celtics won every championship from 1959 through 1966—eight years in a row, a record unmatched since.

Lombardi's coaching philosophy was strikingly similar, and he had only five running plays in his offense, but like Auerbach, executed every play to perfection. He'd often say, "We really don't fool anyone. The opposition knows what's coming, but they rarely stop us because every player knows his assignment and we've practiced it a thousand times."

Lombardi was fanatical when it came to teaching and reinforcing the basic fundamentals of the game. In his mind, blocking and tackling were the keys to winning football games, in fact, to make his point on fundamentals, every year he would begin his training camp by saying..."Gentlemen, this is a football."

A message from Egypt to the whole world.

A phone call!

The confusion that followed by answers, it was a short phone call, but really it helped me enough...unexpected but on-time...

Thank you my friend =)

لا تجالس أنصاف العشاق، ولا تصادق أنصاف الأصدقاء، لا تقرأ لأنصاف الموهوبين، لا تعش نصف حياة، ولا تمت نصف موت، لا تختر نصف حل، ولا تقف في منتصف الحقيقة، لا تحلم نصف حلم، ولا تتعلق بنصف أمل، إذا صمتّ.. فاصمت حتى النهاية، وإذا تكلمت.. فتكلّم حتى النهاية، لا تصمت كي تتكلم، ولا تتكلم كي تصمت

إذا رضيت فعبّر عن رضاك، لا تصطنع نصف رضا، وإذا رفضت.. فعبّر عن رفضك

لأن نصف الرفض قبول.. النصف هو حياة لم تعشها، وهو كلمة لم تقلها،وهو ابتسامة أجّلتها، وهو حب لم تصل إليه، وهو صداقة لم تعرفها.. النصف هو ما يجعلك غريباً عن أقرب الناس إليك، وهو ما يجعل أقرب الناس إليك غرباء عنك

النصف هو أن تصل وأن لاتصل، أن تعمل وأن لا تعمل،أن تغيب وأن تحضر.. النصف هو أنت، عندما لا تكون أنت.. لأنك لم تعرف من أنت، النصف هو أن لا تعرف من أنت.. ومن تحب ليس نصفك الآخر.. هو أنت في مكان آخر في الوقت نفسه

نصف شربة لن تروي ظمأك، ونصف وجبة لن تشبع جوعك،نصف طريق لن يوصلك إلى أي مكان، ونصف فكرة لن تعطي لك نتيجة النصف هو لحظة عجزك وأنت لست بعاجز.. لأنك لست نصف إنسان

أنت إنسان وجدت كي تعيش الحياة، وليس كي تعيش نصف حياة ليست حقيقة الإنسان بما يظهره لك.. بل بما لا يستطيع أن يظهره، لذلك.. إذا أردت أن تعرفه فلا تصغي إلى ما يقوله .. بل إلى ما لا يقوله

جبران خليل جبران

An excerpt from “Habits Die Hard”, by: Mac Anderson & John J. Murphy

I am your constant companion.
I am your greatest asset or heaviest burden.
I will push you up to success or down to disappointment.
I am at your command.
Half the things you do might just as well be turned over to me.
For I can do them quickly, correctly, and profitably.
I am easily managed; just be firm with me.
Those who are great, I have made great.
Those who are failures, I have made failures.
I am not a machine, though I work with the precision of a
machine and the intelligence of a person.
You can run me for profit, or you can run me for ruin.
Show me how you want it done. Educate me. Train me.
Lead me. Reward me.
And I will then...do it automatically.
I am your servant.
Who am I?
I am a habit.