Endurance

If you can take it for a second you can take it for a minute.
If you can take it for a minute you can take it for a hour.
If you can take it for a hour you can take it for a day.
If you can take it for a day you can take it for a week.
If you can take it for a week you can take it for a month.
If you can take it for a month you can take it for a year.
If you can take it for a year you can take it for a decade.
If you can take it for a decade you can take it for a lifetime.
This is the meaning of endurance.

This is my mantra for dealing with having multiple myeloma.
I am not fighting it, I am enduring it, I am living with it.