A dear old pal of mine, Dave deBronkart, survived a very scary bout
with kidney cancer last year inspiring all of his friends
in the process. He is now doing great health-wise and loving his new
role as an "E-Patient" advocate (my series on HealthCare 2.0 next week
will include several mentions from Dave's E-Patient blog
). Dave also has a Google list he calls "Living As If Your Life
Depended on It" which talks about living with added meaning. I would
like to take a leaf from his book and borrow part of his phrase
to apply in a slightly different way.
I don't mean casting back to the days of shopping until we dropped
(if you ever did) or counting your extra money (if you ever made some)
or sampling the best food and wine you can try. I mean
casting ahead to where you -- as a person -- want to be when we finish
this long march towards our recovery, and then living as if you are
already there.
What do you intend to be doing with more prudence and less haste?
Where will you be more sensitive or less driven? What will you simplify
in your life to feel less burdened? Where do you plan to take more
responsibility for how things work out? Where will you contribute to
something larger than your own needs?
Whatever you imagine will be your new, better country and your
new, better self in it, please keep that image near the front of your
mind every day. It can be our own national version of "fake it until
you make it."
It also has a much stronger chance of coming true that way.
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