A couple of weeks ago, Colin of meandray.com mentioned the quote (above) of a young woman called Jane Marczewski in a comment. I remembered that quote and immediately checked YouTube. 30-year-old Jane participated in the show America Got Talent. She had already beat cancer twice. But shortly before she got on stage, she was told that they found cancer in her liver, her lungs, and her spine. She had a two percent chance of surviving. She said: “I have a 2% chance of survival, but two percent is not 0%. 2% is something. And I wish people knew how amazing it is.” And she smiled all over her face. She also said that it is important to her that everyone knows that she is so much more than the bad things that happen to her. Although she had that diagnosis, she appeared so full of life and joy and was literally glowing. You will see it in the video I shared at the end of this post. Sadly, she passed away only a few months later. 

Her energy of life was outstanding and incomparable to me compared to anyone who is “healthy”, except one of my former schoolmates and friend, who died from cancer too, one day after his 51st birthday. He was always full of life and active, a good person, supportive, humorous, and always the buddy for whom we knew him since schooldays. He beat cancer too before successfully. But a couple of years later, it came back even more aggressive than before. At the funeral, his sister quoted him: “I have never felt so alive since I have cancer.”

Colin and I talked a bit about how the view on life changes when you see a possible end nearing – even when you feel clearly that the point of no return got crossed. These are my thoughts:
Whatever appears to be important loses meaning instantly. You see the value of life, the value of love, the value of yourself within this life. You are much easier to forgive because resentments are of no use. You recognize that the smell of a meadow after rain, the first ray of sun in the morning, the song of a bird, or the wind on your face is what makes you feel alive. You see the people around you and those close to you with different eyes. You automatically focus on their love and overlook their quirks. Because that is what makes life worth living – the love that makes everything brighter. All that draws you closer to the being in you, the core of who you are, the power that makes you think, talk, walk, LIVE!

Still, even if we are the most positive and genuinely faithful,
some things may not turn out as we wished for.
But the difference is that we made the time that we spent a good time.

What do you think? Why are those closer to death teaching us positivity and zest for life by authentically radiating it from head to toe?

In Love and Light