Happy Birthday...Again

Ask Miss Lisa (Love, Inspiration, Straight-talk, Activation) - If TODAY is THE day…

Today, I had my stem cell transplant and at the hospital they call it your “rebirth-day”, because they re-set your entire system. They give you chemotherapy which kills EVERYTHING…both cancer and the good stuff too.

I will be required to get all my childhood immunizations and the COVID vaccines again. I will have to live as an infant and all that goes along with that stage of life. My husband and daughter will have to take care of my every need for at least 2 weeks and I may have to live this way for at least 3 months. The doctors will do everything in their power to bring only the good stuff back to life.

This got me to thinking…can/should we do a voluntary re-set on our lives if we are on a unhappy, unhealthy or dangerous path? I say “YES!”

Cancer is a dis-ease and I am sure the way I lived my life contributed to where I find myself now. I was an admitted CONTROL freak, a workaholic and a superwoman (with an invisible cape). Everything ALWAYS had to be perfect and I am sure I drove everyone crazy in the process! Unfortunately, I know I am not alone in this unhealthy behavior. I always tell my coaching clients…”I have already tried steps A through F, and I would like you to learn from my mistakes instead of having to repeat them yourself!” I believe most of us can benefit from a re-set. I pray that we do it before we cause ourselves more hypertension, diabetes, and unnecessary STRESSS by holding on to jobs, situations and people that do not add anything POSITIVE or subtract more than add to our lives. We can start by cutting ourselves some slack…we are human and we will NEVER be perfect. Time to retire the invisible cape for good and let some stuff and some people go with no hard feelings! In this re-set you can give yourself permission to think of your needs first. Get some help if you can’t do it alone…therapy helped save my life.

Today is my second birthday and it just so happens that I am in the same hospital where I was originally born and it is also my biological father’s heavenly birthday. He passed at age 42 from his own unhealthy life choices. Please learn from my mistakes! Take good care of yourselves because we only really get one life to live! Just wake up every morning, thank GOD and pray that HE helps you to be the best you can…until you can be better! I pray this has helped someone in someway, because my unhealthy life choices may have contributed to this dis-ease and I may require a second transplant in another 3 to 6 months. This time around…I will BE better. They are trying to get me at least 10 years of remission, but only GOD knows when we will be called home so start BEING better today because…your tomorrow is depending on YOU! Matthew 5:14-16

Peace be with YOU!

Lisa