Everybody has a story to tell. Some people have a need to tell it, others don't. I have been trying to tell my story for over ten years now. In 1998, when I was diagnosed with a rare form of childhood bone cancer called Ewing's Sarcoma, I decided that I needed to leave a trace of myself behind if I should happen to die. After all, they did give me a five percent chance of living. At that time, I didn't think about traces, stories or songs. I thought about surviving until the next day. It was only after the treatments were finished that I started asking myself the big questions.
How long are you going to live now?
What are you going to do with your life?
What was the purpose of all of this?
Is there a purpose?
Do I need to fulfill my personal purpose on this earth?
I was given a second chance at living. I thought that second chance had to be something special with an intentional purpose. I thought perhaps I got cancer because I needed change. Not just a little change, but a paradigm shift in reason, belief, and faith. I asked for it, and it happened.
The changes we ask for come from a deep understanding of the short time we have on this planet. Essentially, we know that we don't have a lot of time and we want to evolve as quickly as possible. When we are trapped in a certain way of life, we feel that life has stopped. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is make a decision to change which feels like a battle between your passion and your conditioned logic.
Be reasonable! Who needs adventure! Be an adult! Save money! Be responsible!
We are programmed from an early age that we must live prudently and cautiously.
I believe it is false.
I believe we need to live our lives the way we want, without hurting ourselves or other people.
This is the beginning. It has taken me ten years to write this page.
In the following pages, you will find my story which has taken me from my mother's death, my experience with cancer, and the choices I made which led me to live in France, to write and create music.
These words come from a need to tell. If one person who reads this story benefits from it, my purpose on this planet has been fulfilled.
Please begin my story by clicking FIRST on October 2008 and SECONDLY on PROLOGUE in the Archives section located to the right.
Enjoy the Day,
Trevor
