We Have Two Options, Medically And Emotionally:

Cancer Taught Me A Plan For More Purposeful Living, And That In Turn Taught Me How To Train And To Win More Purposefully. It Taught Me That Pain Has A Reason, And That Sometimes The Experience Of Losing Things-whether Health Or A Car Or An Old Sense Of Self-has Its Own Value In The Scheme Of Life. Pain And Loss Are Great Enhancers.

We Are Much Better Than We Know.

We Each Cope Differently With The Specter Of Our Deaths. Some People Deny It. Some Pray. Some Numb Themselves With Tequila. I Was Tempted To Do A Little Of Each Of Those Things. But I Think We Are Supposed To Try To Face It Straightforwardly, Armed With Nothing But Courage.

Evan Handler Is A Man Who’s Looked Into The Abyss And Laughed. His Book, It’s Only Temporary, Made Me Laugh Along With Him. He Covers Love, Lust, Showbiz, Triumph, And Despair – And He Manages To Be Both Funny And Inspiring About All Of It. It’s An Important Book That I Think Can Help To Spread Goodness Around The World. Something We Desperately Need.

The Riskiest Thing You Can Do Is Get Greedy.