"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Walking the line


There comes a moment in each one's life when the entire space surrounding them becomes quesionable. It's in this moment when you realize that you have wasted so much time and energy on the wrong things.

I found out one week ago that my dad is dying of cancer.  
I remember writing a paper a long time ago...and I may have wrote about this somewhere. The paper was to be written about your biggest fear in life. My biggest fear was- my dad dying before me. The reason was- If I were to die...he would be here to take care of everyone. If he died...who would take care of us all?

Apparently my dad has known that he has had cancer for a little over one year. He hasn't had any treatment as of yet. I did a little research online and I keep coming up with the same information. The survival rate- one year from date of diagnosis. He's going to die.

 I havent spoken to him about it yet, and I'm not sure whether he knows that I know. How do you bring this up in a conversation? I can't think clearly about any of this without completely breaking down, let alone speak about it.