Do You Have the Courage?

Cancer & Courage -    2nd Step

I came home from having dinner with the half dozen friends in the Alfred Cancer Support Group (Alf for short), stepped out of my car and took a deep breath.

The night was clear and crisp. The only thought in my head was ‘Life is sweet’.

So many people ask ‘Why are we here?’. Breathing the air, thinking about the joy of just living, when the opposite had been such a possibility not all that long ago, I knew that was enough. If we were given a chance at this life simply to experience a few moments when we know life truly is sweet, that was a good enough reason.

DO YOU HAVE THE COURAGE?

Do you have the courage to live?

The courage to take up the cudgels of life

Day by day

Though you feel you might fall?

Do you have the courage to live?

The courage to look life in the eye

And dare it to do its darndest to you,

challenging you to do your best?

When will you be your best?

Is it when life’s easy and full with blessings?

Or will you let life go on then

Pitter patter on the road of good things?

For life is full to overflowing

No matter the path of your choosing

But we don’t always choose

To know, to know and to grow

So when will you be your best

When the going’s tough

When it’s all up hill

And you fear to fail?

When will you do your best?

Oh, when you’re pushed to your last

breath – and pain rips through

Your heart, your soul, your will

Then you’ll be your best

Then you’ll find your courage

When life kicks you in the teeth

And you grit them

Grit them ‘til they hurt

And you cry out

‘When will I find the courage?

When will I?’

That’s when

you’ll rise to your best

Know your destiny

Find the courage to live!

                   © Beryl Shaw 27th September 2003

I always wish you love of life and the courage to live it to the full.

Beryl

Beryl Shaw
'The Cancer Lady'