I Am Stardust

The title of this blog comes from a woman I saw speak who has been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. She was given no more than ten years to live and is in her ninth year. In the face of all odds, the cancer seems to be retreating.

She said cancer is her teacher. It has taught her she is part of a vast network of being. It has taught her that joy is right now. If joy comes in the future, so be it. But right now is all there is. It has taught her to see beauty. Really see it. Maybe that’s what it- cancer- is for. I’ve often wondered. If so, it doesn’t always work to inspire.

In any event, living that way is something to aspire to all the time. Not only if you are struggling with illness or challenges. So I am going to try to remember her words because they are so beautiful.

“I am a part of a much bigger whole. I am stardust, I am this earth, I am this planet, I am everything that was and everything that will be. And there is a thread that you can call God… or Higher Self… or Universe… that runs through me. And that thread can never be broken.”

-Kris Carr