Yesterday a friend of Janice's came by to visit. She brought along a guy she was dating. We talked about many things, including of course my cancer. I gave some details to describe my journey from what was near death to believing I was dying to believing in my recovery. Hard to believe it was all within a couple of months that this happened. But something else struck me. These two people said they were praying for me. So many people have said that, I cannot believe that so many people would include me in their conversations with God. I believe that their prayers have something to do with my progress and possible recovery.

I believe there are many factors in regaining my health. Part of it is medicine, the supplications of the products of the earth to heal the physical body at its most primitive level. Then there is the collective conscious of the people around us who beseech what powers they might find powerful to ask for my well being. And then there is the part inside of each of us that decides in one form or another to live up to the struggle at hand. Each of these must be in some agreement for the whole body to recover. These things all seem to be in agreement for me to have lived this long. The medicine was available but the prayers had to come from the hearts of each of you. I thank all of you out there that have included me in your prayers. I am humbled by your prayers for me. I hope that my living will yield benefit to humanity to justify all your concern for me. Only time will tell.

I have a lot to learn about all this care and compassion stuff. It is fairly new to me at this level. Please forgive me if i don't pick up on it right away, it is a fairly deep and complex philosophical concept not grasped at the very first attempt. I have a lot to learn here. First on the list is to make sure I let people know how much I care that they are around me and demonstrate that concern with regular visits and conversations with them. Something I have never been very good at. I never knew people long enough to get to this stage before.

New life, new challenges.