Spiritually, it is wise to remember that pain can be a great teacher. Most of us know that we have grown most during the painful times of our lives. On the other hand, too much pain can overwhelm the capacity to learn from it. Given that we cannot escape pain and suffering, which comes to all of us, the wisest course is to discover how we can learn from it, how we can accept it and make use of it. Healing Healing essentially involves choices in how one seeks to create the inner and outer conditions that maximize the possibilities of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being in the face of cancer.
Healing can take place whether one is recovering physically or facing recurrence or even death.
Healing, I believe, tends to optimize the chances for physical recovery and certainly transforms the quality of life. The great value of healing, as Larry LeShan has put it, lies in using cancer as a turning point in one's life. For most people cancer is an extremely unwanted and unhappy development. The pain should be deeply acknowledged. The question is whether the pain can also be used to open up a space in your life to reflect on who you are, what you truly want for the rest of your life, where you are going, what matters to you now, and how you can change your life in ways that make sense to you.