I'm currently reading a book titled “The End of Your Life Book Club" by Will Schwalbe.
It is a story about a family dealing with their mother and her liver cancer. The mother is very active in middle eastern affairs - mainly getting books to remote Afghan villages and building a library in Afghanistan. The author, Will, and his mom are voracious readers and form their own book club with just the two of them as members. Pretty cool. I love the quaintness that suggests.
Last night I came across a quote that rang true for me. Will reminded himself of this while waiting for his mom's second scan to see how chemo was affecting the tumors.
“Good news and bad news are often relative to your expectations, not anything absolute.”
Wow. How true that is!
Good news: You're throwing a party. You've invited 15 people.
Bad news: 25 show up.
Reality: Sure you love that more people came to your party, but you only had enough food and drinks for 15.
Good news: Your husband's kidney stones are gone.
Bad news: Now his dream of going to flight school and becoming a pilot are shot.
Reality: Deep down, you didn't want him to travel and be away from him anyway.
Good news: Your child has above average intelligence.
Bad news: You are moving and your daughter has to go from private school to public school. She probably won't be as challenged at the new school.
Reality: your daughter blooms into herself and has more challenging opportunities than ever.
I'm not quite half way through the book, but I highly suggest you read it. There are plenty of other little nuggets like that.
Happy reading!
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