27/05/2024
A LESSON IN IRONY
On the 17th of April I got out of bed at 4.30 a.m. and started to write.
I love the sounds of the rising sun.
Having worked for two hours I lent myself to the tasks of the day and allowed my pen to write a list.
On the list some new challenges: challenges I'd not expected.
Later that day, when Sharon got home from work we talked about our days and I said to Sharon I think it's time to sell the Pig.
She asked why and I said because it's the right time to start some new adventures, and we decided there and then to end that episode in our lives and move on to the next.
The rest or some of the rest you know.
We closed the Pig.
5 days later I had acrylic nails fitted to my right hand so I could devote some time to learning Flamenco Guitar and I set to work on the new projects.
16 days later I got a phone call from my hospital informing me that my annual bowel cancer screening test had thrown up some anomalies and that I needed to get various test done, with some degree of urgency.
Most of those tests now complete, they told me I have bowel cancer and they will be operating in about 3 to 4 weeks time.
I tell you this not to gain your sympathy or to promote my new book (I'll do that later) but to get you to understand that it is important to do what you know you need to do when you need to do it.
Guys, do what you need to do when you need to do it.
Don't wait until tomorrow to be the person you should be, have the courage to be it now.
Do the right thing.
As to how you respond when next we meet?
You could ask... Andy how's the arse situation going? or you could not. Don't feel the need to ask or the need not to ask: there will be good days and bad days ahead as there would be whether I had cancer or not.
Do with today what you can with today.
Live it out, love it, be kind to other people and to yourself.
I'll tell you about the book tomorrow.
Tenderness
Kindness
Determined Purpose
xx
