The Cancer Misfit: A Guide to Navigating Life After Treatment
Saskia Lightstar
Top 10 Best Quotes
“We underestimate the power of choice, our power to suddenly wake up one day bored of our own bullshit and decide to do things differently.”
“Let me tell you right now that the ego is the most cunning and devious creature you will ever have to deal with. There is no man, woman, child, animal, rock, mineral, tree or sea monster you will ever meet that is as dark, pessimistic or challenging.”
“You don’t need to fit into any square, round or triangular holes anymore. You don’t need to fit into a pretty package or be the same as everybody else. You just need to accept and love yourself exactly as you are.”
“We’re stuck with ourselves all the time, with the thoughts that race around our brains at 10,000 mph, with our feelings, with our daily dramas and our ongoing struggles. But by thinking about someone else, authentically listening to and connecting with another person, you focus less on all your own strife and struggles. You get a break from you.”
“We are the crazy, cool cancer misfits trying to find our way after the terrible trauma of treatment. We are everywhere. We are a tribe without even knowing it.”
“Those of us who have been through cancer know that surviving treatment isn’t where the cancer journey ends. In fact, for many of us, this is where the hardest part of the journey begins.”
“Self-love is about slipping up, having the bad days and loving ourselves despite of them, forgiving ourselves and, most importantly, having compassion for ourselves and how we’re feeling. So, give yourself permission to fall down, but don’t give yourself permission to stay there.”
“You could say cancer treatment took part of you away, but in doing so it allowed a purer part of who you are to come to the surface.”
“You can love yourself better than anyone else can love you.”
“Where is the support and guidance for what comes after the treatment? Shouldn’t someone prepare us for what comes next?”
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