Breast Cancer - a Blessing in Disguise!

I call my challenge with breast cancer a "blessing in disguise".

You probably ask yourselves, how could breast cancer be a blessing in disguise?

Actually, there is a simple answer to that question. Since I believe that everything that happens to us, there is a lesson we have to learn from it. In my encounter with breast cancer, I learned tremendous things I was not aware about them before.

My experience with breast cancer helped me change my outlook towards life. My perspective towards life changed, and my priorities have all changed for the better. I don’t take life for granted anymore. I learned to live in the moment. I also realized that when I live in the present moment, life is wonderful. However, problems usually arise when I live in the past or in the future. That's why I enjoy living in the moment. My life is fuller and richer now. I appreciate every moment, consciously making decisions that correspond with how I want to feel in the moment. I make time to take a walk every morning, smell the roses, listen to the birds chirping, talk to my plants, and listen to the silence. Most of all, I feel precious life all around me.

It may sound like a cliché to call my breast cancer a blessing in disguise. However, many times I wonder if my life would have been as rich as it is today if I hadn't traveled on this path. It's a journey that has been enriched by many courageous people especially courageous women.


With much Love and Laughter,

Lea Yekutiel