 As I shared a couple of days ago, the husband is in his glory. He has started work on his cabin on the hill. As you can see by the picture, it would better be described as a grainry, rather than a cabin, because well...that's what it is. But he sees it's potential, and it enjoying it to no end.  He has talked for years about building a retreat for himself up there. We've watched papers, and auctions, and online selling sites for buildings that might be appropriate and could be purchased for a reasonable price. Anything we found either was more money that we're willing to spend, or the good deals were missed by minutes. He's been patient, this isn't a new dream, but it's a dream This summer when the diagnosis came our lives were sidetracked, he made himself a promise that when he felt better he'd go ahead and act on it. He's said for years that that little building would work, or he'd make it work and decided that he wouldn't put it off any longer. So here we are, at some of the coldest days so far this year (a balmy -32 this morning) and where is he? He's up on the hill in his man cave. Fitting chimney pipe together, tacking plastic on the walls to keep it warm, dragging an old wood stove up there, so when all of this is done, he'll hopefully have heat. He is literally freezing his butt of...but is having so much fun and his so happy. Following through on a dream will do that. So as we've been frightened into taking a good look at the dreams we hold and realizing we need to take action, I hope that you too can do the same in your life. It shouldn't take a cancer diagnosis or a life threatening injury to move us into action, but so often that is what we need. Otherwise we don't give ourselves permission to take those steps. So I ask you now then, is there a dream you keep holding at arms length thinking there is still so much time to pursue it? And is there really? Enjoy the day!
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We had our follow up appointment a couple of weeks ago and for now the news is good. The CT scan didn't show any more signs of cancer, at this point. The blood work came back good, at this point. And we've been given the go ahead to breath again...at this point.  So now the husband has decided that it's time to start working a little harder on his own dreams. I am so glad he is, because too often we put our hopes and dreams on the back-burners as we focus on what has to be done, or rather what we believe has to be done. But we seldom ask ourselves... "does it really?"  What if so many of the things that we spend our days doing aren't truly necessary, but rather...we just lead ourselves to believe that they are? Have you ever just taken the time to chart out the day ahead, then to ask yourself....'Do I really need to do that?" "Is it benefiting me in a way that matters, or is it just busy making?" "Could that be left to someone else now, so that I can get back to the business of living life?"  So, here's the next project. A little shack on the hill, where the only entertainment is the view of the valley and the wildlife that is around us. For now..no hydro, no phone, no distractions. Just a platform to enjoy the peace that this valley of ours offers. Anyone interested in coming and spending a few hours sitting on the deck? |
Living our Dreams while Health allowsCancer came knocking on our door again in July of 2014. It's visited before, through different times and people, myself included. This time it dropped by to remind us that life is short and precious. It came to remind us that in our 50s, things can and likely will change quickly, so start doing what you've been promising yourself you would do! Archives
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