Susan....can you elaborate more about the list and intentionality thing?

LF, yes, I can do it by posing a couple of questions to consider-- but don't try to cionsider them today. COme back to them when things seem less difficult.

Answering them (even rewriting them first) is "merely" a way of setting one's intentionality in the direction of having/doing/seeing/being them.

1. What are the most important things you want to continue/look forward to/do before the next chemo?

2. Ditto, in a longer term-- say Spring. (By June 21.)

3. Ditto, before New Year's.

4. Ditto, for the next 5 years.

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The answers do not need to make sense to anyone but you. The ones most worth sharing here are probably the near term (by the time of the next chemo, because those are the ones we can track with you.

If answers emerge for questions 2-4, it can be helpful to note them down in big letters where you will see them daily.


A friend of mine has another approach. It's similar, but instead of seeing the dreams and goals all the time, you do NOT see them. She has people make a list of all the things they want to ask God to do for/with them. On small scrap paper. As many pieces as it takes. The slips go into an envelope labeled "God's Pocket."

You date the envelope, seal it up tight, and put it away, trusting (or daring, LOL) God to act in ALL of those as is best for all concerned.

In a year you give yourself permission to look in there, and note how each thing turned out, what the blessings were, etc.. Those become one's thanksgivings. Then start a new set of slips in a new envelope.

~Susan