11 May 2005

We Are All Cancerous

Cancer used to happen in older people, or so I thought.

Well, not anymore.

Left, right, up, and down, people I know are getting cancer.

3 months ago, my coursemate was diagnosed with lymphoma.

Last week, I received a petition to raise funds for a college graduate who is dying from brain cancer.

Before that, I heard that some guy I didn't know of back in Penang died of cancer. He was my age.

Today, I received news from my father that a temple devotee is undergoing surgery to remove her breast cancer.

Some of these people are kind, generous, loving. Others maybe not so. But that doesn't remove their right to live.

What is my theory to the increasing occurence?

Stress. Anger. Greed. Dissastisfaction.

Sure, they have existed through the ages. But in today's world, those factors are multiplied.

Seriously, having so much of these emotions is just NOT healthy.

Cancer is basically mutated cells that attack other healthy cells.

With such hatred running through our veins, can you blame our body to rebel?

I don't think so.

May you be well and happy.

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