A Spork in the Road

Tomorrow I have chemo # 5. I’ll drive in a relatively new vehicle to an air-conditioned building where I will sit in an easy chair and work on my laptop while I receive chemo through the most comfortable means available today.

Meanwhile, daily life is intolerable for entire populations around the world.

Such knowledge puts things in perspective.

Take 10 minutes to learn a little bit about Doctors Without Borders’ Top 10 Humanitarian Crises of 2008.

This certainly does not diminish my own experience; as Maureen says, it’s not a competition. But I believe a global perspective is crucial, and it has the added bonus of helping us avoid self-pity.

Bonus points to the reader who can identify for me this quote:

If you’re feeling helpless, help someone else.