It Is What It Is, and Whatever It Takes...

A few mornings ago Scott Hamilton was on the Today Show. He was an Olympic Gold Medalist and professional Ice Skater throughout the 80's and 90's. As a child he had a disease that stunted his growth, leaving him standing only 5'3 1/2" tall. As an adult he survived stage III testicular cancer and a brain tumor! He was talking about his new book... "The Great Eight" and I thought that Id like to read it. He said one thing that stuck with me.. "It is what it is, and whatever it takes." His wife said it to him when they were dealing with his brain tumor. Its pretty much what my husband says to me everyday...

This morning when I sat at the computer, Scott Hamilton was right there staring at me from my msn homepage. I clicked on his story and read an excerpt from his book. He talked about his highs and lows and how much lower the lows were than the highs were high. He talked about how he viewed his setbacks negatively and was always awaiting the next calamity in his life. This is about the same way Ive felt for the last six or seven years.. I always find myself thinking "What next!?". What changed it for Scott Hamilton was the words of a 13 year old cancer survivor, a little girl, a young athlete who's lost her leg to cancer. She said cancer was the worst, but also the best thing that ever happened to her. After her five minute speech, he was a changed man and learned to view his "losses" as wins and learned the "gift of cancer."

This book has been thrust in front of me twice now, in just a few days time... I think it needs me to read it. It must hold something for me. Ill be heading over to Amazon now and Ill read it as soon as Im done with this:



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