A MESSAGE TO THE AUTHOR

Hello! My name is Cancer. Though I came to you disguised in ugly clothes, I knocked on your door as a friend to awaken you to the fact that your life was in dire need of change. I didn't have to stay but I would have if that is what you had wanted most. Instead, once you saw that I truly was your friend who simply came to teach, — you chose to listen, really listen, until there no longer was a reason for me to stay.