Well - I have started to write a book - time will tell whether I will be
very good at it!



My desire is to reach out and to help others with cancer and their families
- with the best advice and practices I have come across - but from the
perspective of the person diagnosed - using my learnings from nearly three
years of terminal cancer diagnosis - with a statistically-based prognosis of
6 months, 50% quality time - so much for statistics!



At the same time I would like to thank the organisations that have helped me
with my journey.



But I have an issue about money - partly because I feel I should be
providing for my family, and partly because I just do not feel comfortable
at all about making money out of the suffering of others. Furthermore, I
know that what I can say about HOPE and what CAN bring better Health and
even possibly an increased lifespan for some - can be said more clearly in
TRUTH and from belief - and the Healing message is more powerful if
untainted by personal benefit.



So any rewards will go as follows:

-30% Bristol Cancer Help Centre*

-30% Cancer Vaccine Institute*

-10% the Icon magazine*

-5% my meditation leader Marion who somehow makes do whilst pursuing a
calling to help others in Grace and using Journey Healing practices

-5% for each of my daughters, Lorna, Samantha and Charlotte whose love
(along with Dorothy's) has, above all, inspired and supported me at the
very darkest of moments and whose existence really does make my heart sing
:-),

-the remaining 10% to be split equally for use at their discretion by a/ a
family who has children and the lady is fighting cancer herself and who has
helped me hugely, and b/ a family who have lost a child and who have then
gone on to promote melanoma awareness in his memory.



* UK registered Charities



My kids are invited to contribute for which they might get some modest
financial reward as well as what they gain therapeutically. But
overwhelmingly I HOPE to say thank-you to organisations and people who have
helped me and who are actively helping the cause. For me - I will have the
joy of knowing that I am doing my best to help others using the best from my
own experiences - plus I suspect that the writing, albeit challenging, may
be a therapy for me also.



So that aside, I have started.



The book is for those in the shock of cancer diagnosis, or those with an
ongoing battle, in truth offering a strategy and HOPE - but it will also be
for the 'loving ones' both throughout and later - all in a Healing manner. I
want to include smiles. And, as I have often been reminded by some of you
that laughter and fun are an important part of life, I am opening out an
invite for your contributions that may 'lighten up' and give smiles. All
contributions included will be acknowledged in the book.



Love and Healing



Ian









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