Resilience

I watched Elizabeth Edwards last night on a cable news program.  My ear was only half focused on the interview, as I've heard her discuss her new book, Resilience, ad nauseam. However, last night she said something that struck me at my core.  She said her priority at the moment was just trying not to die.  Can you imagine waking up each day with a goal of living long enough to see tomorrow?  These words are bandied about in songs and famous quotations but last night, watching a woman in the midst of a long battle with breast cancer, her words had a profound effect on me. She is literally a person trying to stay alive. Perhaps it was her appearance that leant further impact to her words. Ms. Edwards looked tired; her hair a bit unkempt, her eyes dull. Perhaps her appearance had more to do with her book tour schedule than her health. However, despite what we may think of her politics or her book, Ms. Edwards reminds us that life must go on, even when you're fighting for it day by day.  Resilience, indeed.

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