You're a bystander. It's my war. Not like I voted for it, or for the people who started it, or for the foreign policy that allows this to happen, but it is my country that is at war. It is my country pummeling people, bringing chaos to world order. Mind you, the world wasn't ordered to begin with, but oh have we made it worse. And yet, I have to take a vacation from war. It is too wearying. I think, even in the midst of war, people have birthday cake. Life goes on. That's about it. We can choose to give away the time we have worrying and feeling terrible, or we can hold onto life. No guilt associated. Whatever is going on around us, we are here. We live.
Enjoy your surf. Enjoy your family. Enjoy every day. I think your father did an amazing thing in buying a surfboard after he was diagnosed with cancer. That act was a declaration: I am here. I will live. I will not give up one moment until it is taken away from me.
Ah I feel so sorry for you guys too. I know you haven't chosen this war. And so many of you have changed your minds about Trump too. Yes, let's just let it do it's thing as we can't control it can we? Yes, we are here.
You know, my Dad was amazing. I'll never forget him kiteboarding after a really full on chemo treatment was over. I thought he was my hero before but when I saw that, I honestly was gobsmacked. He had about a year after this then another two years of hell.
But even then he still found ways to enjoy life. Even the week before he died he was like 'if I beat this thing, I'll go back to the Cook Islands' . NOt to say he didn't have really, really awful moments where he wanted to die and was in so much pain, but largely, he sucked the proverbial marrow out of every moment. Definitely taught me how to approach what's coming next.
Thanks for the reminder!