Comparison. It is something I see in many aspects of our lives. I even see it in suffering. Sometimes when I am sitting with other breast cancer patients, I hear subtle comparisons between women who have different types of the cancer. One woman said to me, “Oh, I don’t have that kind. I have the …
I smile, wave, and say thank you as I head out the door. I’m leaving a lay ministry class that I have been teaching for the past 90 minutes at my church. The class was on communicating with people going through difficult times. We talked about listening, empathy, and I even gave a shout out …
Expectation is the beginning of all suffering. I have shared this Buddhist concept so many times in therapy as I help my clients learn how to be mindful, how to stay in the present. Mindfulness has been so powerful for me in my journey with cancer, and yet it has eluded me these past couple …
