Background for this blog:
I recently was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. My journey in this realm is coming to an inevitable end. This ongoing blog is going to be a running commentary of experiences and the spiritual progression of my journey. Sometimes I will be flippant (probably a lot...), sometimes I will be serious (probably rarely...).
The goal here is to, hopefully, enlighten (or amuse) both myself and anyone who may have a family member (or are themselves) struggling with the inevitable. It is not meant to be dismissive of the emotional aspect that comes with dealing with life. It is merely meant to relieve the stress and maybe even give the reader some hope in the future.
For those who care to know, my spiritual background is mostly as a Christian, but in the 64 years of my life on this realm, I have learned to be open-minded about spiritual things. So this blog will NOT be an avenue to proselytize the reader to a specific view or a specific religion. You will, occasionally, be getting some entries based on a Christian viewpoint, but you will also be getting some thoughts that a Buddhist tinge or not necessarily Christian philosophical thoughts, (such as Stoicism, which I admire as a thoughtful way of approaching life.
Hopefully atheists, agnostics, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists and even Wiccans can read these entries and come away with something enlightening. (I hope I'm not being too optimistic or self-aggrandizing on that...) As I am open to debate and/or listen to alternate avenues of spiritual advancement, I intend to make this blog open to comments from any sector of the spiritual community.
(Note: The only stipulation I make is to, please, not try to use this blog to sell anything. You are free to promote other ideas, but all links to other sites will be closely monitored.)
This blog will be discontinued at some point, obviously. As they say, we don't know the time or date of our departure. So, if this is the only entry I get to make, may your own spiritual journey be enlightening for you.
Quiggy
Stay positive.. I have had cancer twice . prayer go out for you
ReplyDeleteThx. This blog was created to comfort as well as inspire.
DeleteThank you for sharing so much of yourself and your wisdom here. I know you from many, many meetings in person and online and it warms my heart to see you sharing your nuggets of wisdom with so many others. Pete was right, you must let others in...and I think you are doing that and modeling that for the rest of us with your blogs. I appreciate you and your journey - Randall.
ReplyDeleteOne of the benefits of my my current situation is it has inspired me to really get into some other spiritual avenues that I had only flirted with before. Thx, Randall.
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