Why I Ride
I think what distinguishes cancer from many other debilitating afflictions is that it often appears seemingly out of nowhere, affecting otherwise healthy people who have made good decisions with regards to their lifestyle. It is a disease that does not discriminate based on race, gender, age, or socioeconomic status. It manifests itself in many forms, attacking almost anywhere, and it spreads rapidly and aggressively throughout the body.
To most people, cancer is not a fight they can take on. We are all not doctors, medical researchers, and scientists. To most of us, it’s hard enough getting a grasp of the nature and dynamics of the affliction when it affects a loved one. Often times, it seems that the most we can do is watch it takes its course, while providing the most compassion to those who are fighting cancer.
But we are not as powerless as we think. We must promote awareness, encouragement, and funding to defeat cancer. We must go on the offensive as vigilantly as cancer is on the offense against us. To succeed, the spread of the fight against cancer must, in speed and vigor, match the spread of cancer through one’s body. Every opportunity to recruit more people and funding to the cause must be seized. Persistence will bring success.