About "Splashes": Every now and then, I have random discoveries and learnings but they are too short for a blogpost or too unrelated to put together, thus, I never get around writing about them. "Splashes" are a compilation of my random discoveries and learnings. :)
1. Mind over Medicine. A friend was diagnosed with a Stage 4 Lung Cancer in April. He had a mass in his lungs measuring over 4cm in diameter. He isn't a smoker nor is he exposed to second-hand smoke. But to cut the story short, in July, a miracle happened. The mass disappeared. His CT Scan was all clear.
He attributes his healing to several things - on top of his list is his faith in God. The others - making right with others, daily meditation on God's words, eating healthy, freeing your mind from stress, laughter, and prayers from loved ones.
Last week, we met up and he was bringing the book I gave him when he was sick. "Mind over Medicine: Scientific Proof that You can Heal Yourself" by Dr. Lissa Rankin. He said that he lent the book to someone who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer too.
He told me that the book helped him develop the right mindset as he was coping with cancer.
I haven't actually read the book yet but what made me buy it was after reading the book's description and browsing through some pages, the book shows scientific proof of how people, even those at terminal stages or expected to die, got healed. Some case studies cited in the book even include instant healing like the cases of paralytics being able to suddenly walk in Lourdes.
Whether you're a believer or not, it's hard to argue with scientific proof, so I thought the book would be a good read for someone undergoing some health issues.
Since I haven't read the book yet, I can't share anything more but I found this article online which would give you a richer context of the book just in case you know someone who may benefit from reading the book - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2421772/Mind-Over-Medicine-Dr-Lissa-Rankins-book-shows-incredible-influence-mind-body.html
He was left in Mars (and no one knows he is alive), he didn't have any way to communicate with NASA, he had limited food supply and the next batch of astronauts who will come to Mars is still in 3 years' time! Waaa....
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If you were in Watney's position, what would you have done? Get angry that your team left you behind? Sulk? Just live until the food supplies last?
Not Watney. After going through his emotions, he made a conscious decision that he wanted to live. He won't give up. What did he do? He systematically counted his food supply to determine how long it would last - approximately 1 year's worth. Then, he started figuring out a way to grow food while in Mars so he can produce 2 more years' worth of food to keep himself alive until the next mission arrives in Mars.
But staying alive isn't enough if he can't get to the spot where the mission would land in 3 years so he also started figuring out a way on how to modify his rover so that he could cover more distance every day.
Day in and day out, he methodically did what he needed to do. And even when problems continued cropping up, Watney just kept on methodically solving them one step at a time - all alone in Mars. Amazing life lessons we could apply right here on Earth!
So the next time you have a problem, think and just do it like Watney. :)
