Change Your Mindset, Change Your Life

Two short stories

There’s a Rumi quote — what you seek is seeking you — that is so reassuring. To me, it means what you want is yours, what you need, you’ll have, what is best, will be. And what you need to learn, is yours to know.

Part 1 — We had Cancer

Last year, we took a dream trip, a trans-Pacific cruise. We started in Seattle and cruised to Sydney via Hawaii, Fiji, Vanuatu, and a handful of other beautiful tropical islands. It was memorable for so many reasons.

It was a celebration of 10 years of marriage, and a milestone in our children’s lives. It was their first international trip to mark all three starting school for the first time. And, it was a journey of delineation, from my old life to my new, from executive to entrepreneur.

It was also a milestone for my husband’s 10-year cancer remission. For those of you who have experienced cancer, you know how terrifying a diagnosis can be, how devastating a prognosis is, and how traumatizing the treatment. You also know what a big deal survival is, and that the intervals matter.