How does one define quality of life? For some, it is living to a ripe, old age. For others, it is living the moment. For others still, it is being happy; being profound; being giddy; being in love, etc. It differs from person to person.
For me, quality of life is being independent; being able to make choices; being able to live by those choices. Being saddled with the big C have greatly affected this. I have to learn how to follow orders (by doctors and well meaning friends and family members), to compromise, and the hardest part yet, to be able to come to terms that somehow, I am not as independent as I want to be.
There are certain things that well meaning people have taken for granted, dismissed as petty and inconsequential. But for me, these are things that I have to go through, that I have to do; for these are part and parcel of my coming to terms with my sickness. So, I have decided. I will live my life accordingly; with my definition of quality of life. For I will not look back and regret. Life is too short not to be enjoyed fully.
Post Pandemic Reflections
1 year ago
1 comment:
hey ate vange!
sabi nung sa movie ni piolo at ni donita (teka, lilinawin ko muna na pinanood ko yung movie because of donita and not piolo!!!), quality of life is defined by the things that you left behind and how people remember you.
maniwala ka sa akin... high class ang quality ng life mo! :)
pero hindi rin masama na magenjoy paminsan minsan... hehehe
inuman na!!! =P
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