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They say that money cannot buy happiness. Well, apparently it cannot pay off illness either. If a whiz like Steve Jobs succumbs to cancer, it seems pretty clear that we are all in the same boat. Wealth is all fine and dandy. I appreciate the warm houses it can buy and the nice cars people can drive around in. Yet movies like The Social Network show that one can have all the money in the world and still spend their days in front of a computer screen alone and friendless.

This was a big week for cancer and I. I saw a critically acclaimed movie about surviving cancer with a sense of humor (50/50 is certainly worthy of its R-rating, but also worth of your time). I played phone tag with my best friend, a cancer survivor. There was the five-year anniversary of a former coworker who passed away from cancer. Obviously, Steve Jobs died as well. Due to all those events I started a fundraiser for cancer research. Oh, and I texted a friend because I felt God prompting me to. I came to find out that the friend has been diagnosed with cancer.

There really is no way to fix a friend with cancer; I found that out the hard way. You can go with them to the doctor appointments. You can drive them here or there when their stomach is woozy from chemotherapy. Myself, I take up a pretty healthy regiment of prayer. Money will not buy off cancer. I am reasonably sure that Steve Jobs could have built his own hospital, let alone a cancer treatment wing. Even with deep pockets, we are all up against the same limitations. There is only so much paying medical bills can do to fix us.

Why bring this up? If all of us are up against the same threat of cancer then why not just ignore it and try to go on with our lives? First off, I always recommend supporting cancer research. After that, my thinking on the topic of surviving this illness is the same as with normal, everyday life. I suggest surrounding yourself with people that love you, and making darn sure that those you love know it.

?Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:
If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.? Ecclesiastes 4: 9, 10

I am an introvert. I like spending a week by myself with no one to interrupt whatever reading or DVD spree that I am on. However, I still try to make time for those that I care about. Happily, they do the same for me. Even Scrooge McDuck took breaks from swimming in his money bin to hug his nephews. Travel across the globe for business if you like, but it is always nice to have someone you would travel twelve hundred miles for just to get a kiss.

I hope that you have enough money to live the lifestyle that you like. More than that, I hope that you have folks that love you. I hope that a cure for cancer can be found. Soon. I hope that if the camera pans away from you staring at a computer screen, that it is because you are reading an e-mail from someone who truly loves and cares about you.

Source: http://blog.seattlepi.com/christianwithoutthepulpit/2011/10/08/a-death-worse-than-cancer/

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