There are so many grey lines and you have to make sure you won't be misinterpreted, misunderstood, and misrepresented. I recently had an email that was the typical of sending this on to 10 people to support the cause emails and the cause was for the cure for cancer. Who doesn't want that? BUT, the first part of the email stated how once you have cancer, you always have cancer and you never know when it will pop up again. Now, that is inappropriate! There are more survivors than ever and people are living past cancer with no recurrenece. The facts don't support that and it is very disparaging to those of use that have had cancer and gone on. Do I think about recurrence? Yes but, not every moment of every day. Each day I am a survivor, I am beating the odds. I like seeing the positive of things and not looking for the dark cloud.
I have learned to say to people that I don't need or want to hear the bad news they are purveying. You could listen to every womens experience with childbirth and never experience the good that comes through the pain. No, I am not volunteering for cancer again but since I did have it, I have moved on and I choose to be positive and for me that is appropriate. So next time you receive and email that is inappropriate, do as I did and not only delete it but gently remind the person that it is not appropriate and it is much better to look to positives.
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