{"id":35323,"date":"2022-10-04T15:15:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fairlife.catalyticademo.com\/?p=35323"},"modified":"2023-11-14T15:29:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T15:29:11","slug":"turning-pain-into-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fairlife-app.catalyticademo.com\/en\/turning-pain-into-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning pain into seed"},"content":{"rendered":"

By C. Apostolakos<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steel is hidden in velvet. The velvet has been sweetened by loss. So has the woman in front of me, full of strength\u00a0and optimism, even though life has treated her harshly.<\/p>\n

Two years ago she lost her husband, Simon, to lung cancer at 57. She was left alone, with two young children. Two years of hospitalizations, treatments, struggle and suffering, were all in vain. In vain? No, the woman won’t accept that word. She won’t accept it.<\/p>\n

And when others would have bended, she made\u00a0a decision. To turn \u00a0pain into seed. To turn \u00a0loss into \u00a0creation and giving, keeping her husband\u2019s memory unquenched, like a flame of love.<\/p>\n

So when the shock wore off, she picked herself up and quickly built Camelot, an anti-cancer fortress; a non-profit organization with a vision and goal to eliminate\u00a0lung cancer, the number one killer worldwide.<\/p>\n

To succeed in its mission, the organization is supported by doctors, oncologists, specialists and psychologists\u00a0\u2013\u00a0experts in their fields ; it organizes workshops and conferences, patient and caregiver groups, informs about new drugs, prints brochures, books and so much more.<\/p>\n

The team that supports the organization is constantly creative, seeking \u00a0sponsors and partners, generating ideas, and opening up new paths. Most importantly, they go to schools and inform students \u00a0how cigarettes steal life and eat up youth. They know the saying – an ounce of prevention equals a ton of cure.<\/p>\n

If something \u00a0important has to be done, this woman \u2013 Korina,\u00a0founder of the organization FairLife L.C.C. –\u00a0will find a way to do it. As \u201csmall\u201d\u00a0as she may seem, she has so much stature and does\u00a0so much work. Maybe the pain has increased her stature, I wouldn\u2019t know, I’ve only met her once. I know, however, she’s doing something very important and for that, I tip my hat to her.<\/p>\n

With her actions\u00a0she is changing the paradigm\u00a0– the way of dealing with the disease. In place of the fatalism and fear that eat\u00a0away our guts when we hear about a cancer diagnosis, FairLife L.C.C\u00a0proposes the trifecta: LEARN\u00a0(since knowledge is power), ACT (along with experts), and HOPE ( as long as I live, I hope, while the future in \u00a0cancer research is\u00a0bright, with new drugs and treatments).<\/p>\n

“<\/em>Growing up means learning to take life’s blows<\/em>“<\/em>, writes psychologist Carol\u00a0Pearson in her book \u201cThe Hero Within\u201d and kudos to those who find the courage to turn \u00a0life\u2019s\u00a0relentless blows into giving and a fight for Love. May they be a role model for many more! The world needs it!<\/p>\n

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