I want to share an e- mail coming from dearest Yönter family living in USA. I had met Yeşim through a lovely friend from Adana and I had read her poems and also followed her activities with a great admiration on the way of assisting Cancer patients who were university students. Then, she also lost her life due to that terrible disease and her lovely husband Akın went on directing the Cancer Survivors Fund. I am very happy to know both of them. Now, such a mail guided me to share it will the whole dosts to make a good start just on the first day of the year. Love and peace...
Hayal Köksal
A new year lies ahead. We all possess the
capacity to feel and to touch, to be happy, to have friends, to receive love,
to realize the demands of a world that needs our encouragement, our
participation, our beliefs. All of us are one -- the rich, the poor, the
educated, the illiterate, the student, businessperson, the professional, the
person with spouse and children, the person who is alone. So much is new in our
world -- new people, new directions, new opportunities, and new purpose. Every
day is a new day bringing into our lives friendship, promise, and love.
Let us ask ourselves hard questions…
How much time did we waste in the year that
is now gone?
Did we fill our days with life, or were
they dull and empty?
Was there love inside our home, or was the
affectionate word left unsaid?
Was there a real companionship with our
children, our parents or was there a living together and a growing apart?
Were we a help to our mates, or did we take them for
granted?
With our friends - Were we there when they needed us?
The kind deed: Did we perform it or
postpone it? The unnecessary gibe: did we say it or hold it back?
Did we live by false values? Did we deceive
others? Did we deceive ourselves?
Were we sensitive to the rights and
feelings of those who worked with us?
Did we acquire only possessions, or did we acquire new
insights as well?
Did we fear what the crowd would say and keep quiet
when we should have spoken out?
Did we mind only our own business, or did
we feel the heartbreak of others?
And…
Did we live right, and if not, then have we learned
and will we change?
Yeshim
& Mike Yonter
Founders
Cancer Survivors Fund
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