by Vicki Phipps

Created on: May 06, 2009   Last Updated: December 13, 2009

Born and raised in the Lone Star State, coping with life used to be so easy. After all, it’s the friendliest state in the USA, but as I sit here today typing away, I’m blind as a bat and having a hot flash with no immunity to anything. Beyond all that, flu season has arrived with the most threatening kind, so life is no longer so easy, to say the lest. In fact, I can honestly say that life isn’t always fair and square with equal justice for all, even within the friendliest state of the USA. Still, it wasn’t until I was branded with, "The Big C," that I began to realize that there’s no disease that cares how unfair life can be, and believe me, being a cancer survivor is not all it’s cracked up to be. The truth is that no matter where you come from, remission doesn’t mean you’re cured of anything.

Needless to say, health care needs will be a life long issue for me to cope with, but I’d like to move beyond simply surviving a treatable and incurable disease. That’s why I chose to vote for hope in 2008, even though I was born and raised in the Lone Star State among a bunch of republican loved ones who voted for McCain. It’s strange how such stuff can change your frame of mind, but it’s safe to assume that all my conservative loved ones think I’ve lost my mind. The fact remains that fear based hate can create strife among even the most kind and friendly souls, so the first tip I’ll give to cope with life is to never let go of hope.

Experience taught me that hope and faith always wins in the end, and the fact that I’ve dared to go out on a limb now and then is the proof I need to believe in things I can’t see or prove to be true, so if you can trust me enough, I’d love to share some tips on coping with life that I’ve found to be universally true and wise too. Besides, sometimes I just need someone to listen to me, and we all need someone to step into our shoes to see the other side of any issue that just comes up in life with no rhyme or reason, other than to provide the wise insight it takes to find peace of mind so that "YES WE CAN," move beyond simply surviving hard times.

*The keys to peace of mind: How to move beyond simply surviving life*

* See the difference between a human and a being.

It’s wise to be aware there's a difference between the human and the being of people like you and me. The human side holds our ego, but the being holds

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