Suddenly he was vividly alive...
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:14 am
Suddenly he was vividly alive….
Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey of the Who have teamed up for a new project- (see both links below)—
The difference here is that WJ has been diagnosed with terminal cancer—he says that when the doctor told him the news ‘my depression lifted….why didn’t I work this out before, it’s the moment that matters’…
he has already outlived the prognosis (as have many so diagnosed-even to the extent of the cancer ‘disappearing ’)-- and who knows how long he may go on—
You don’t have to have a terminal prognosis to find that cancer focuses the mind, makes you use your time creatively, whether it be another twenty years or months…again it’s another of those clichés, overused maybe but nevertheless holding within it much truth-- here it comes , a wake-up call--- you may just carry on what you do but more vividly, or try something totally new and unexpected… of course for many of us there is the initial stunned and horrified period, not many of us go straight to elation as WJ did, but you can get there…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03t3dvz (starts at 7.53 re the diagnosis)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH-oENTbgUI (13.57 mins to the end)
Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey of the Who have teamed up for a new project- (see both links below)—
The difference here is that WJ has been diagnosed with terminal cancer—he says that when the doctor told him the news ‘my depression lifted….why didn’t I work this out before, it’s the moment that matters’…
he has already outlived the prognosis (as have many so diagnosed-even to the extent of the cancer ‘disappearing ’)-- and who knows how long he may go on—
You don’t have to have a terminal prognosis to find that cancer focuses the mind, makes you use your time creatively, whether it be another twenty years or months…again it’s another of those clichés, overused maybe but nevertheless holding within it much truth-- here it comes , a wake-up call--- you may just carry on what you do but more vividly, or try something totally new and unexpected… of course for many of us there is the initial stunned and horrified period, not many of us go straight to elation as WJ did, but you can get there…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03t3dvz (starts at 7.53 re the diagnosis)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH-oENTbgUI (13.57 mins to the end)