Last weekend was Relay For Life Fremantle.
The hours of planning, lack of sleep and mayhem in the lead up was absolutely
worth it seeing the fun and excitement on everyone’s face. The hard work really
paid off raising a staggering $100 224 for cancer support and research.
For the first time in a while RFL made me
take a step back. A step back and realize the importance to never give up and
keep fighting.
I spoke to some amazing people who have
been confronted with the most frightening thing in life… the uncertainty of
life itself. From this they have come out stronger then ever.
A young boy by the names on Lukas Jones
words really inspired me. He is a thirteen year old boy that had it all and
was playing sports at a national level. After being diagnosed with a brain tumor
he did not give up on his dreams. Now in remission he viewed this a hurdle, a
life experience. He is not only physically but mentally a new person that has
pushed through this challenge, blowing everyone away with his top performance in sport post cancer.
This made me view all my failures and
downfalls from a new perspective. Instead of dwelling on what went wrong and
beating myself up about it, it is a lot more effective to treat everything as a
learning curve. More so an opportunity to better the person I am.
That word ‘fail’ is something we are so
afraid of in Australian culture. Something that myself was afraid of until
recently. Life isn’t meant to be easy and the ability to learn is very limited
if there were no mistakes along the way.
So next time you have a day where
everything seems to be going wrong, remember it’s not the end of the world. If
people can conquer cancer that terrible job interview or fail on an essay
doesn’t look so bad.
I am a strong believer of everything
happens for a reason. As the famous saying goes… when one door closes two doors
open.
Until next time,
Kayla x
(Lukas Jones and his mother Naomi Jones)
(#HOPELIVES at the Relay event)
1 comment:
Hey Kayla,
I've volunteered and participated in Relay For Life several times now, and agree that it really makes you look at your life and put your problems in perspective!
It's so true what you've said about failure being such a big deal in Australian Culture. We are all human, and we will all fail at something sometime in our lives. But that is not what defines us, it is how we pick ourselves up and keep going that makes us who we are.
And as you said, if people can continue their lives fighting and defeating cancer, then our petty issues are nothing in comparison and should never hold us back.
I hope your experience with the Cancer Council continued to be this rewarding!
Siobhan
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