Resilience to me is the ability to look at this moment and not the next or the last. I was diagnosed in my 30s with an aggressive and sizable tumor. There really wasn’t a lot of great targeted treatments, so they threw the whole kitchen sink at me, and again a year and a half later. 15 years of endocrine therapy had some fun side effects that I am still navigating. I am also having some some late side effects from the original chemo and radiation now, wheeee. Lol
I have two advantages, one is the time I have lived since diagnosis, which is 20 years. It hasn’t always been easy, been it has always been worth it.
The second is animals, I have parrots and horses, and they live in this moment and help me to remember to do the same. I feel like I have learned the ability to remember that worrying about tomorrow steals my joy from today.