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I was terrified the first time that i had a big problem in my business. i was obviously terrified when they diagnosed me with cancer in 1994. i was terrified when my son used to drive too fast. but i do believe in the fact that fear is not an option, so i always try to face it and not be afraid.

-Diane Von Furstenberg

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I Was Terrified The First Time That

Diane Von Furstenberg

I was terrified the first time that i had a big problem in my business. i was obviously terrified when they diagnosed me with cancer in 1994. i was terrified when my son used to drive too fast. but i do believe in the fact that fear is not an option, so i always try to face it and not be afraid.

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There's a current notion that you should "take charge of your disease." no thanks. i'm busy. i've got cancer. i'm willing to face having cancer. i'm not willing to face having cancer with homework. i promised dr. pipas and dr. zaki that i wouldn't show up with sheaves of printouts from the internet containing everything on wikipedia on malignancies. they each laughed with detectable notes of relief. although i suspect my wife has made her way into the health blog ether. fish oil pills, raw kelp, and other untoward substances started showing up on dinner plates after i was diagnosed.

To be diagnosed with cancer was a frightening thing, and my first reaction was sheer panic, but i was really fortunate that the cancer was caught at such an early stage that i didn't need chemo or radiotherapy. but i know that cancer is a chronic condition, and once you've had it, you're on the list, because it can come back.

We fear the past, present and future. we fear the unknown, we fear not having enough, losing what we have, not having what we want. we fear what will become of us and those that we care for. we fear what others think of us and what they don't think of us. we fear, fear, fear and therefore we are controllable through the manipulation of all that we fear. the present war on terror is the war of fear. no fear, no control.

Do not be afriad! i can see that americans are not afraid. they are not afraid of the sun, they are not afraid of the wind, they are not afraid of 'today'. they are, generally speaking, brave, good people. and so i say to you today, always be brave. do not be afraid. do not be afraid. god is with you. do not be afraid to search for god-then you will truly be the land of the free, the home of the brave. god bless america.

And when the sun rises we are afraid it might not remain when the sun sets we are afraid it might not rise in the morning when our stomachs are full we are afraid of indigestion when our stomachs are empty we are afraid we may never eat again when we are loved we are afraid love will vanish when we are alone we are afraid love will never return and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid so it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive

The cancer in me became an awareness of the cancer that is everywhere. the cancer of cruelty, the cancer of carelessness, the cancer of greed.

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