this is advice i've been given a lot over the last few years.
It's also advice that i've rarely, if ever, followed or taken to heart.
it's not because i don't want to "get better", or focus on doing things that are beneficial to my body healing, but the "getting better" is not something i fix my sights on.
The other day i was asked if what happened to Chadwick Boseman resonates with me.
Here's what i've been thinking. I don't know what his battle and journey with cancer was like, nor his chemotherapy treatment. Every person goes through their unique battle and faces different side effects / physical battles. So, in that regard i can't relate at all to him. But this i can relate to - he continued to pursue what he LOVED and create the things that he believed in. Perhaps he even did MORE because he was battling cancer and had felt his toes on the finish line and didn't want to waste a second.
Many people have encouraged and complimented me with the fact that i can do so many fun, creative, challenging and even difficult projects while "battling cancer". Here's the deal - one of the weapons i use to battle cancer, and stay strong, is to push hard into the projects and things i love! it's not that i'm so strong that i can do these things - i'm so strong BECAUSE i do them.
Sitting around just wishing the cancer away, waiting to not feel crap, hoping i feel better - this doesn't DO anything (for me). Instead i plunge myself into ridiculousness, hilarity, creativity, artistic mental gymnastics, and other awesome fun stuff that has me many times completely FORGETTING that i have a disease.
At the end of this gruelling battle with death, i'm not gonna look back and have only "not lost". I'll have beaten the disease and found, enjoyed, shared and embraced life with every electron in my body.
And i'll have a drink with my little girl and lovely lady!
This photo series is one of the many many ways that i laugh my ass off through the shittiest of days. #thewongdad #hownottoparent
DISCLAIMER : this photo has been photoshopped and our daughter was not holding, nor drinking, nor inhaling any liquids. don't panic! 😋
Posted on Facebook on October 8
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