April 10, 2006 - Day 6 - ½ Day of Work ¼ Day of Productivity

It felt good to go to the office. I like my office. It is a bit cluttered with stuff; not messy, just wall to wall pictures and memorabilia all over the place. It has been said that the person who is truly content can’t wait to go to work in the morning and can’t wait to come home at night. I have been lucky as I have fit in that category for years.

Work is a good antidote when faced with the anxiety that surrounds cancer. It is not the idea of keeping busy to take one’s mind of the issue, but rather being productive to the benefit of others or society. Volunteering at a local soup kitchen or serving the GDP as a CEO of a corporation can be an effective aid in combating the illness. In other words, work in any form may be of value in the healing process.

For me it is a daily focus on the natural world I love. Reading, researching, and then working to make a television show interview informative and entertaining is what I do at work. Today I typed up questions for our guests who we film in two weeks. Our first guest, Dr. Dale Kiefer, studies pollution in the world and just returned from the Baltic Sea. There is an eco system connection here. The health of the world’s oceans directly impact the health of those creatures who live in it, swim in it, or work near it. Pollution is making whales, dolphins, and fish sick all over the world. Pollution is making many in the human family ill as well. The external eco systems are in jeopardy, as is my eco system today. Making the connection is necessary to our long term health.

I spent time on the internet. I guess that is as common today as eating and brushing one’s teeth. However, for me and my family it has changed from being an entertainment freeway to an information highway as it was designed to be by many. I discovered a Cancer Prevention Site run by Dr. Samuel Epstein, who I coincidentally met at the Bioneers Conference about 5 years ago. Might give him a call!

By two o’clock in the afternoon I was ready for a nap which I secured at 4:30. Aah the refreshment that comes from a catnap of which I may take many and no one will critique, at least for the next eight months.

No doctors today. I like my doctors, but it was nice to have a day when I just thought about my doctors. All of this reminds me of how important preventative medicine and behavior really is as we take charge of our own health.

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