Adjusting to Life

 My mother always saw the positive side to any negative situation.  I never knew what my dad thought as he always kept his feelings to himself.

Seeing the positive side is not as easy as it sounds, especially when it involves finances and/or one's health, and maybe one's relationships although that is not a critical aspect of one's life.

I remember someone telling me:  HOPE FOR THE BEST, EXPECT THE WORST AND YOU ARE NEVER DISAPPOINTED...  because it is always going to be one of those two.  I suppose this is the humorous side of life to think like this.

When I get bad news, I immediately start to think how is this going to impact my life and what do I need to do to counter that impact.  I suppose that is a good approach to take because you are not looking at it positively or negatively, just dealing with it as it happens.

When I was told I had cancer and then five years later when I was told I had contracted a second cancer, I had no positive or negative feelings; I just lived my life as if nothing was wrong.  For six months, I got treatments on back-to-back days and then two days after that, I vomited so much my wife had to take me to the ER.

While throwing up that much is not very much fun and after the first time, I knew to expect it and could not stop it, I never felt MY LIFE IS OVER - THE END IS NEAR.  I just dealt with it and went about living my life once it was behind me.

I don't know if the way I deal with life is the right way; I just know that the way I deal with life is the right way for me.