Inspiration.

Pain is Part of the Process- Mark Manson

In the 1950s, a Polish psychologist named Kazimierz Dabrowski studied World War II survivors, and they’d coped with traumatic experiences in the war. He studied the survivors; he noticed something both surprising and amazing. A sizable percentage of the survivors believed that wartime experiences they’d suffered, although painful and indeed traumatic, had actually caused them to become better, more responsible and even happier people. Many described their lives before the war as if they’d been different people then: ungrateful for and unappreciative of their loved ones, lazy, and consumed by petty problems, entitled to all they’d been given. After the war, they felt more confident, more sure of themselves, more grateful, and unfazed by life trivialities and annoyances.

Obviously, their experiences were horrific, and these survivors weren’t happy about having had to experience them. Many of them still suffered from emotional scars the lashing of the war had left on them. But some of them had managed to leverage those scars to transform themselves in positive and powerful ways.

For many of us our proudest achievements come in the face of the greatest adversity. Our pain often makes us stronger, more resilient, and more grounded. Many Cancer survivors, for example, report feeling stronger and more grateful after winning their battle to survive (ME).

I came out from the most significant challenge of my life and was bewildered because everything I previously thought to be true and normal and good has turned out to be the opposite.

Get ready for inspiration on the HOYO-NOW platform. I firmly believe that cancer isn't a death sentence but a new dawn in life. In fact, I consider cancer to have saved my life. Stay tuned for the next post, where I'll delve into the significance of the HOYO-NOW Application/Platform and why I believe it's crucial for us to focus on prevention and screening.