Living honestly is liberating and yields many unforeseen benefits. It is not just about being truthful with others, but being transparent with ourselves so that real solutions may be found.
On the day I told mam� I had been diagnosed with ALS, her mind immediately went to what she could do to help. Prayer came to mind. Later, a friend stepped up to help her live in an assisted living community near us.
Anger stems from living in the past, fear from living in the future. Joy is found on being fully present in very instant in which one is living.
With everything that had happened early in my life, there was sense of needing to do something which mattered. Perhaps it would be through business, but I was wrong.
I belong to a club to which nobody wants to belong. The dues are incredibly high. �A pound of flesh� doesn�t begin to describe them.
Stephen Hawking, living with ALS for decades, has given rise to one of the most striking contrasts of pop science. There is Stephen Hawking�s atrophied frame, slack-jawed expression and slumped shoulders. And there is Hawking�s unmatched mind, inhabiting the stars.
Open and honest discussions are essential in the discovery of fact and the forming of opinion. This is crucial if we are going to find solutions for ALS.
PMP stands for both Pseudomyxoma peritonei (Cancer of the Appendix) and Precision Medicine Program. Jenny Gore Dwyer is a survivor of the former and a hopeful participant of the latter in trying to find a way to go BeyondALS.
I went snorkeling in Costa Rica last week. An event not covered by media, even the plethora of cameras our group used to document an amazing week in Central America.
