Life can throw difficult, sometimes near impossible, challenges and adversities. It is best to know that you are not alone in the battle of overcoming whatever things are bothering you. This importance of support means being there for your circle and vice versa. Being there for someone who is having a tough journey means knowing what to do whenever things may go sideways. Here is a list of three things you must know whenever you may need to be the pillar for a dear friend or for a loving family member who is struggling with an illness:
1. Divert the attention
Agony is a devastating phase one can experience. It would be very difficult to directly pull a friend out of any situation whenever things become dire. Hence, as someone who can influence the struggling person, it is best to make ways on diverting attention from pain into something else. As they say, laughter is the best medicine!
2. Accomplishing their Bucket List
Bucket Lists are a set of activities listed down for the owner to accomplish in the future. Progress means accomplishments, and accomplishments lead to hope. What can be more fulfilling than having your dreams come true? Sick people are often regarded as weak beings. However, this is never true. Imagine what anyone, sick or not, could accomplish if they had the support they need to fulfill their dreams!
3. Provide assurance but not false Hope
Giving assurance that everything will be okay does no harm. As long as you know you speak from the heart and your intentions are pure. There is nothing wrong with sharing hope with the people you love. As Cancer is a deadly condition, those who are diagnosed with it try their best to think happily despite whatever pain they might be in.
Despite being on the edge of your life, never forget that you are never alone in your battles. Fighting Cancer or undergoing a terrible phase in your life, are two similarly different events. What’s for sure is to always remember that what matters most is how the importance of support is readily present in the environment around us. To be the support for other people means to be the backbone of the things they have and will accomplish throughout their lives. Even if that accomplishment is overcoming Cancer.
by Diane Davies
