Next Friday marks my second annual keynote speech at the Cattle Baron’s Shoot Out, a benefit for the American Cancer Society. It also marks the first time I will be speaking alongside my mother, Suzy Farbman about her journey with cancer. As part of my prep for the speech, I have been re-reading her memoir, Godsigns.
This got me to thinking about the signs we choose to acknowledge or ignore, as we go about hunting down the things we all want in life. Not to disregard the great meaning found in fortune cookies every day, but I truly believe nature (or Karma, or God) sends us signs all the time and it is our job to be present to receive them.
Once my mom was diagnosed with endometrial adenocarcinoma, she got that tingle, the realization that the universe was trying to tell her something. Here’s a short excerpt from Godsigns about her moment of revelation:
Godsigns. The things that happened earlier. Things that had been happening since I became sick. Meetings. Casual remarks. Odd discoveries. They were signs from some benevolent force that either wanted me well or wanted me to know that all would be well, no matter the outcome. In a leap of faith higher than the stars above, I sensed these were signs meant for me. They were so delicately times and orchestrated that – impossible as it seemed – they must have come from a mysterious, unknowable source. A source with infinite power, goodness and imagination.
What signs are you receiving every day? And which ones are you missing? Stay awake out there, hunters, and revel in what the universe has to tell you.
My mother celebrates her 11th cancer-free year this year. And her story will enlighten and empower and perhaps be a Godsign to the guests at the Cattle Baron’s Shoot Out on September 11 at The Huntsman Hunt Club in Dryden, MI. For more information, click here. http://gala.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=69745&pg=entry
Godsigns is available on Amazon.
