A View From the Other Side

” HAPPINESS IS NOT ABOUT CHANGING YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT CHANGING THE EYES THROUGH WHICH YOU VIEW THE CIRCUMSTANCES”  Arlene,author of   A Woman’s Spirit Blog As advised by my writer friend,Lynne Spreen, I  stopped multitasking for a few moments to read the post from the above blog,  A Woman’s Spirit, where the above quote drew me in and prompted this post. It’s about perspective and how we look at ourselves and our circumstances. In 1996, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 NonHodgkin’s Lymphoma. I know of several people, younger than me who were given the same diagnosis around the same time and did not survive. Though the initial chemotherapy damaged my heart and I have had subsequent ongoing medical  issues, I am very...