Hello everyone-
I just want to thank those of you who have been following my progress, updates, and those of you who have actively supported me through donations to my website, and through words of encouragement.
As many of you may have noticed on my fundraising page, I haven't been making a whole lot of progress towards my $5000 goal until recently. I'm not going to give you any excuses, but I do want to just say what's been so.
Help me reach my goal of raising $5000 to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by making a donation to http://pages.teamintraining.org/nca/anttry09/shoar .
See, I also have been fighting my own cancer. Cancer of the mind and psyche. At the beginning of this journey, I was inspired but scared. Scared of not meeting my goal. Keeping up with the physical training, although daunting at times, has not been the hard part. No, what has been the hard part is getting past my fear.
It strikes me, however, that cancer victims may face something of the same sort. I have been hiding, denying the fact that I was running out of time to actually do something, anything, about fundraising. I've been resisting what there is to do. And in that resisting I've been suffering. That suffering lead to denial, which led to being irresponsible. Yes, I have been irresponsible about the task that I set out on.
I set out to be a contribution for the Leukemia & Lymphoma community, to further the chances of finding a cure, to saving lives.
I'm finding it difficult to keep going. And that is because I've been harboring this all on my own shoulders. What I haven't been doing is sharing, or giving the opportunity to contribute to you. My friends, colleagues, family members... my support.
Well I'm asking now, that you take a look for a moment at your own life. Take a look and see if there were ever times when you needed support from your friends or family because you were afraid of what was to come ahead- because you didn't know what it was.
Right now, there are thousands of people who have been diagnosed with leukemia, myeloma, non-myeloma, lymphoma, or other blood cancers. Some of them are in the same shoes. Where do they go from here?
I don't want life to be like that. Life should be about spending the time you have on this planet with the ones that you most treasure, or about living your life to the fullest, giving it your best shot. Climbing your own Mt. Everest. I think cancer gets in the way of that.
That's why I chose this mission. To fight for those who couldn't see the goal line. To give them the chance to have a life that was worth living. But I can't do it all on my own. I need your help, your support. They need your support.
Thank you. I will continue my training and my fundraising efforts. For myself, but also for you and for blood cancer.
I just want to thank those of you who have been following my progress, updates, and those of you who have actively supported me through donations to my website, and through words of encouragement.
As many of you may have noticed on my fundraising page, I haven't been making a whole lot of progress towards my $5000 goal until recently. I'm not going to give you any excuses, but I do want to just say what's been so.
Help me reach my goal of raising $5000 to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by making a donation to http://pages.teamintraining.org/nca/anttry09/shoar .
See, I also have been fighting my own cancer. Cancer of the mind and psyche. At the beginning of this journey, I was inspired but scared. Scared of not meeting my goal. Keeping up with the physical training, although daunting at times, has not been the hard part. No, what has been the hard part is getting past my fear.
It strikes me, however, that cancer victims may face something of the same sort. I have been hiding, denying the fact that I was running out of time to actually do something, anything, about fundraising. I've been resisting what there is to do. And in that resisting I've been suffering. That suffering lead to denial, which led to being irresponsible. Yes, I have been irresponsible about the task that I set out on.
I set out to be a contribution for the Leukemia & Lymphoma community, to further the chances of finding a cure, to saving lives.
I'm finding it difficult to keep going. And that is because I've been harboring this all on my own shoulders. What I haven't been doing is sharing, or giving the opportunity to contribute to you. My friends, colleagues, family members... my support.
Well I'm asking now, that you take a look for a moment at your own life. Take a look and see if there were ever times when you needed support from your friends or family because you were afraid of what was to come ahead- because you didn't know what it was.
Right now, there are thousands of people who have been diagnosed with leukemia, myeloma, non-myeloma, lymphoma, or other blood cancers. Some of them are in the same shoes. Where do they go from here?
I don't want life to be like that. Life should be about spending the time you have on this planet with the ones that you most treasure, or about living your life to the fullest, giving it your best shot. Climbing your own Mt. Everest. I think cancer gets in the way of that.
That's why I chose this mission. To fight for those who couldn't see the goal line. To give them the chance to have a life that was worth living. But I can't do it all on my own. I need your help, your support. They need your support.
Thank you. I will continue my training and my fundraising efforts. For myself, but also for you and for blood cancer.
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