COVER STORY
"Cancer wants to steal joy and steal
life, but love will conquer it. So focus
on love, joy, and life." ÑJoe Mills
really know him in my heart," he says.
with friends and family. "A positive atti-
out cancer," he explains. "I focus on what
"What has happened the most with this
tude is very important," she insists. "Life
I want to achieve. Cancer wants to steal
cancer is the development of my faith. I
is precious. Enjoy every single minute of
joy and steal life, but love will conquer it.
know now that man is limited, medicine
it because none of us knows when we
So focus on love, joy, and life."
is limited, but not God."
could be taken out of here."
Throughout his treatment Joe has had
Patty's faith was instrumental in her
numerous conversations with God. "I
journey, also. "Put God first. If you let
realized I could focus on the disease or
God help you, you sure get along a whole
God," he says. "I could focus on the ill-
lot better."
ness or focus on living. I decided to focus
Joe uses an auto-racing analogy, ex-
on living. It is my faith in God that pro-
plaining that when drivers are going
vides strength, peace, joy, and comfort
through a high-speed turn, they're look-
when fear tries to creep in."
No case is typical. You should not expect to
experience these results.
ing at marks on the pavement rather
Patty took a similar approach. She de-
than the wall that they don't want to hit.
cided to stay busy and surround herself
"That's how I live my life with or with-
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