On The Doctors Tv yseterday, it was an exclusive feature of Valerie Harper, an Actress who is living with a terminal tumour of the meninges. She survived a lung cancer in 2009 but four years later she was diagnosed with this rare kind of cancer. The challenge with this kind of cancer is that it is difficult to use chemotherapy because of the brain-blood barrier. However, her doctors are applying and trying a new mechanism to treat her condition.
What caught my attention and got me thinking is the way she is carrying on even in her condition. Unless you are listening to what is been discussed, you will hardly think that this woman has cancer of any form. Coupled with the fact that she has a few months to live, it is amazing that she was lively and laughing on set. She was beaming with hope and joy.
She was filled with hope and enthusiasm. The way she was talking about her condition you will see a person of hope. She has inspired a lot of people by her attitude and actions. While some people may be dejected and in endless state of sadness, this woman was lively even though she was in pains.
The outstanding factor is the she has a lot of hope. She has a different outlook of life which is worthy of emulation. She has an invitation to attend an award ceremony for Mohammed Yunus of Bangladesh, she was not sure whether she will be alive to attend but she has made an arrangement for someone to stand in for her.
One other thing which I noticed too is that she relived her best memories. The programme featured some clips from the show she acted in and some co-actors and you can see the excitement in this woman. She didn't behave as if she was going to miss all those good times. She beheved as if they had just happened.
The programme ended by her last words and she encouraged people not to give up hope. She said in whatever situation we find ourselves we should continue to have hope and live our lives to the full. She also called out for sacrifice. We should render help wherever help is needed. It could be material, emotional and in any way we can. That she said will make life better and make us feel better.
How does this concern #PoliticalGabriel? It does. In Nigeria we are faced with myriads of problems and challenges. Many have lost hope because of the problem they are facing as individuals and collectively as Nigerians. We are hit very hard from all directions and the tendency is to lose hope.
This a call to restore hope. A call to you that you should not despair. If a woman with a terminal condition is so hopeful and filled with such enthusiasm, we can also do same because for a lot of us it is not a terminal condition. Even if it doesn't seem like the government is helping us as we desire, there is hope because things can turn around. This woman's story is showing us that it is not over until it is over.
We have a role to play. The government has her role to play too. But many times we leave everything to the government and take the position of the victim. We can do a lot. That woman called for sacrifice. We need to do that if Nigeria has to get better. What are we ready to sacrifice to achieve the chaneg we desire?
What caught my attention and got me thinking is the way she is carrying on even in her condition. Unless you are listening to what is been discussed, you will hardly think that this woman has cancer of any form. Coupled with the fact that she has a few months to live, it is amazing that she was lively and laughing on set. She was beaming with hope and joy.
She was filled with hope and enthusiasm. The way she was talking about her condition you will see a person of hope. She has inspired a lot of people by her attitude and actions. While some people may be dejected and in endless state of sadness, this woman was lively even though she was in pains.
The outstanding factor is the she has a lot of hope. She has a different outlook of life which is worthy of emulation. She has an invitation to attend an award ceremony for Mohammed Yunus of Bangladesh, she was not sure whether she will be alive to attend but she has made an arrangement for someone to stand in for her.
One other thing which I noticed too is that she relived her best memories. The programme featured some clips from the show she acted in and some co-actors and you can see the excitement in this woman. She didn't behave as if she was going to miss all those good times. She beheved as if they had just happened.
The programme ended by her last words and she encouraged people not to give up hope. She said in whatever situation we find ourselves we should continue to have hope and live our lives to the full. She also called out for sacrifice. We should render help wherever help is needed. It could be material, emotional and in any way we can. That she said will make life better and make us feel better.
How does this concern #PoliticalGabriel? It does. In Nigeria we are faced with myriads of problems and challenges. Many have lost hope because of the problem they are facing as individuals and collectively as Nigerians. We are hit very hard from all directions and the tendency is to lose hope.
This a call to restore hope. A call to you that you should not despair. If a woman with a terminal condition is so hopeful and filled with such enthusiasm, we can also do same because for a lot of us it is not a terminal condition. Even if it doesn't seem like the government is helping us as we desire, there is hope because things can turn around. This woman's story is showing us that it is not over until it is over.
We have a role to play. The government has her role to play too. But many times we leave everything to the government and take the position of the victim. We can do a lot. That woman called for sacrifice. We need to do that if Nigeria has to get better. What are we ready to sacrifice to achieve the chaneg we desire?
One sacrifice we can do is to speak out and speak up. We must not be docile in the affairs of our great nation. We can tell the government what we want done for us. If they don't listen we can shout again and again. If they remain deaf, we have the ultimate weapon in our hands, the power to cause change.
We have the power vote out whoever we do not want. What should occupy our mind now is how we can contribute to making this nation on great place either by telling the government what to do or by getting ready to bring a change.
I have decided to do my own thing, have you?
God bless Nigeria!
#2015OnMyMind
#PoliticalGabriel
We have the power vote out whoever we do not want. What should occupy our mind now is how we can contribute to making this nation on great place either by telling the government what to do or by getting ready to bring a change.
I have decided to do my own thing, have you?
God bless Nigeria!
#2015OnMyMind
#PoliticalGabriel
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