Welcome back internet traveler. Let’s get to some more questions and see if I can answer them. 🙂

Fleur has a bunch of questions so lets try some quick fire ones. 🙂

1.What quote makes you get out of the dark moments?

Quote. Mmmm. Oh man, there are so many to choose from. I think I’ll go with Henry Ford. “If you think you can do I thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.”

2.What’s one comment that makes you want to smack someone over the head?

Ok well, I teach my kids that we are a hands-off family. On top of that, it’s pretty hard to ruffle my feathers. I don’t think you can say one single comment that will make me lose my cool. Now don’t get me wrong, I do get angry from time to time. However, it usually would be a situation that has been going on for some time or disrespecting me or my family. So if I do get pressured into a corner, watch out. 🙂

3.What do you wish people knew most about you?

I’m a pretty quiet person that is always friendly and smiling in public. So I guess there are lots of things people don’t know about me. I suppose if I were to choose one thing it would be that even though I am always smiling on the outside, sometimes, that would not be the case on the inside. Man Fleur, you ask the hard ones. 🙂

4.What have you learned about yourself that you didn’t know before going through this?

I kinda knew this before but going through this particular situation solidified it a bit more for me. I seem to be able to keep a cool head in difficult situations. Storytime. 🙂 So at the very beginning of this journey, I had to get a biopsy of the mass that was in my neck. Now I am not a fan of needles, and this was going to be a really long needle stuck in me really slowly, while I watched. 😀 Turns out, I don’t mind watching the needle on the screen, so long as I don’t look at the needle with my eyes. Weird. 🙂 About a week later I went for a different biopsy with a dermatologist for a mole on my back. You know, trying to get to the bottom of what was wrong with me. After the procedure, said dermatologist offered to check for the results of the test done the week before. Off she goes to get the results, little did she know that she was going to be the person to tell me that I have cancer. When she came back she was accompanied by another nurse whom I’ve not seen before. I could tell from the dermatologist’s demeanor that the news was not good. So I knew before she even said anything. She seemed very nervous and not sure how to go about the whole thing. Through the whole process of her giving me the news, I felt more sorry for her and was trying to make her feel more comfortable. Cool head. A bit backward but that felt right. 🙂 Storytime over. 🙂

5.What is one thing God has whispered to you?

I’ve not heard anything yet, when he does I’ll let you know. 🙂

6.Have you considered a major career change as a result of this ‘journey’?

Yes. No. Kinda. Even before this journey began I was looking at alternatives to the old nine to five, or two to eleven in my case. 🙂 As I had come to realize that exchanging my time for a very small amount of money is not the best way to go about things. I was actually already in the process of setting up a better system but four or so months into that journey is when I lost all my energy. That has all been put on hold, and I haven’t gotten back to any of it yet. Now I have all the time I need, just not the energy and with a lack of energy often comes a lack of motivation.

7.Do you hate the word ‘journey’?

Absolutely not. We are all on a journey through this existence and it is up to each of us to steer ourselves in whatever direction we want to go. However to be on a journey means that you are going from one place to another, and that is difficult to do if you are not moving forward. Or even backward for that matter. So take action, any action. I’m mostly directing that statement to myself. 🙂 And remember:

“If you think you can do I thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.” Henry Ford.

Thank you Fleur for questions that made me think a bit deeper. They will most definitely help me become a better me, and that’s what this blog is about. And of course hopefully helping some others along the way.

Positively, T N Van Rooyen. 🙂