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What brought you joy today?

Posted by northoftheborder @northoftheborder, Jun 28, 2024

If you've been living with cancer for a while, you know it's not all gloom and doom. Where did you find joy today? I'll start:

1. Working in my garden.
2. Meeting my daughter for tea.
3. Home-made pizza for dinner.
4. My spouse (always).
5. Some interesting online discussions.
6. Rereading a good novel.

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azsunshine7 | @azsunshine7 | Sep 16 10:18pm

It rained today, so that brought me joy.

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pml | @pml | Sep 16 9:32pm

A nice lady at the insurance company reduced my yearly car insurance of $930 down to $625! That was an answer to a prayer for an 80 year old lady on a rather limited income! God knows of all our needs and how to meet them!
PML

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1954now | @1954now | Sep 16 4:33pm

All I can say is “God’s glory is our Joy”
and “He is enough”
God is with us and sees us in our pain
He is also with us in our Joy.

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1954now | @1954now | Sep 16 9:01am

Thank you, very encouraging to hear about the things in this life that can bring joy, especially in times of living with cancer.
My joy is that God has given me one more day to enjoy His creation and also to read and meditate on His Word. True joy does not come from our circumstances, but who God is and what He is doing in our lives in this season .

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meetoo2 | @meetoo2 | Sep 16 6:41am
In reply to @1954now "Hello, I’m Rod I was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer in February of 2023. I started out..." + (show)
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Hello, I’m Rod
I was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer in February of 2023.
I started out with chemo for 6 months, then surgery, Laproscopic Pancreatectomy -Pyloric Preserving whipple Pancreas head.. successful surgery only one lymph that had a microscopic cancer cell left, I’ve had no recurrence.
So thankful for the Mayo staff to get me through the surgery!
This November 2026 it will be 3 years in remission

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@1954now wonderful.

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1954now | @1954now | Sep 15 11:50am

Hello, I’m Rod
I was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer in February of 2023.
I started out with chemo for 6 months, then surgery, Laproscopic Pancreatectomy -Pyloric Preserving whipple Pancreas head.. successful surgery only one lymph that had a microscopic cancer cell left, I’ve had no recurrence.
So thankful for the Mayo staff to get me through the surgery!
This November 2026 it will be 3 years in remission

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grldweiner66 | @grldweiner66 | Sep 14 9:08am

WOW,New music today from Emma Collins for the first time 🙂

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myoga | @myoga | Sep 13 10:35pm
In reply to @northoftheborder "Getting to know our new car (our first, EV, a Chevy Bolt). This represents another act..." + (show)
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Getting to know our new car (our first, EV, a Chevy Bolt). This represents another act of faith that I'll have a future. This won't be my last new car.

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@northoftheborder
No it won’t be your last. Hope you enjoy the new car and maybe your next one will be an EV too. 😀

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northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | Sep 13 5:29pm

Getting to know our new car (our first, EV, a Chevy Bolt). This represents another act of faith that I'll have a future. This won't be my last new car.

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donnademps | @donnademps | Sep 13 10:31am
In reply to @myoga "@californiazebra I think I got the quote from @loribmt . I believe the next line is..." + (show)
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@californiazebra
I think I got the quote from @loribmt .
I believe the next line is “worrying doesn’t take away tomorrow’s troubles, it takes away today’s peace”.
Well, when I run into some issues I still can’t help the worry part. I have to get busy so I don’t think about it. The night is the worst when I wake up and couldn’t go back to sleep. But when I worry too much, I get very tired. So I gave up. My attitude would then be “what’s the heck. I don’t care anymore.”

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@myoga
Thanks for sharing these thoughts about worrying. I looked it up and I"m trying a new FB page that post more about how our worrying can undo what peace we hold.
This is what I so enjoy about this forum. Picking up and learning small supportive info from folks sharing some tidbits.

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