Capacity to Care

Weak this weekend from an abscessed tooth I watched the rain as it was whipped around by the wind forming abstract paintings on our lake and mused about my experience Friday night at a “celebration of life” for a fellow cancer thriver who is facing her 6^th bout of cancer in 30 years.  Surrounded by friends, family, and fellow cancer survivors she smiled, gave hugs, and moved like an angel around the room touching all of us with her hope, and love.  Cancer has a way of pulling people together in communities of caring, compassion, and courage.  But the strength of these communities is built from each member’s capacity to care for themselves, for you can’t care for others unless you first care for yourself.  How will you care for yourself this week?