Murray Waas on Prejudice Against Cancer Survivors, Including Him
Kudos to Murray Waas for writing this brave article at HuffPo.
Shame on the Washington City Paper, which I vow never to read, and on Murray's former research assistant.
I am never suprised to see ignorant, debased statements about alleged criminals, but cancer survivors? This is a new low.
Murray ends his article with these heartfelt comments:
As to the allegation that the experience of having almost died of cancer at an early age, and the aftermath of that, has made me a broken person, I think that I speak for many others when I say that while having had cancer was a nightmare, it also taught me much about compassion, resiliency, toughness, and tolerance that I would have never been able to contemplate otherwise.
Much of the good I have done for others in my lifetime has been because I am a cancer survivor.
As to the charge that I am somehow less of a person, or broken from the experience, I believe I speak for many others when I simply say this:
It is from the wellspring of our despair and the places that we are broken that we come to repair the world.
Murray, the blogosphere loves you. Happy Holidays, and this too will pass.
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