19/12/2023
https://youtu.be/b5NYm-R7G9w?si=b4X1Dp-VR-wIJU2r
Does anyone else think what you would tell your just-diagnosed self? Would you tell them how hard it is? to be strong? would you tell them it is going to be ok?
When I was diagnosed I was scared, I thought the worst but time passes and we move on, we cope, we struggle, we shine.
People do extraordinary things, you do extraordinary things.
Letter to myself
I write these words to you Steve
They are words of hope
Words to lessen the fear
Now your world has collapsed
You've come off the rails
And your dreams have been crushed
And left at the door
And trampled to mush
I speak from the future,
I've lived near 3 decades for sure
I have lived a full life
From whence I was told
So please don't fear your path
Look after yourself and believe you're enough
You will be tested my friend
And you will stumble and fall
But hold these words true
As you walk your cliff road
I will speak to you much
I will tell you enough
But hear me and learn me
As the truth is near
It is loving yourself dear
Accepting the change
It's not hating this illness you bear
That stands so close
It's merging your journeys
Like an unwelcome ghost
So good luck with your story
It's yours to tell
And you will tell it well Steve
I trust that as well
I must go back to the future
I have my own life to lead
But we will meet again whence
'Tis time for us both left to leave
A letter from my now self to my recently diagnosed self.
