Eso Terry Cancer Update - Love is so short, forgetting is so long.

Friday, July 3rd.  I had my lung-doc exam at the VA.  I spent a whole ten minutes with her.  She showed me the exam and said it looked "suspect" for cancer.  She then used her mouse to enlarge the tumor and it seemed to envelope the whole room. Note to you doctors and nurses out there, no enlarge the tumor in front of the patient, until now I thought it was itty-bitty not room size.

Still, I'm positive my faith will get me through this. Nichiren Daishonin wrote on this day in 1278: "Since the Lotus Sutra defines our body as the Dharma body of a Thus Come One, our mind as the reward body of a Thus Come One, and our actions as the manifested body of a Thus Come ONe, all who uphold and believe in even a single phrase or verse of this sutra will be endowed with the benefits of these three bodies," 

For me, this passage is a reminder that this is a Buddha body, a body I need to continue my mission of sharing my faith with others in hopes that they will find the happiness in life that I have, also, I want to support my family, friends, etc., no time to check out now. As the poet Neruda said, 'Love is so short, forgetting is so long."

~~ Eso Terry