I have a Hindu friend who has very advanced cancer. He has been fighting it for seven years+. About three years ago his doctors gave up on him, told him to get his affairs in order and that he had about six months to live. He found some other doctors who tried infusion treatments on him and they worked, and for about a year and half he was actually cancer free. Sadly, it's come back since but he is still fighting.
But my point is, he said something profound to me that will stick with me until the day I die. He is deeply religious in his hindu faith, but he said he has never asked god(s) to save him, only to give him strength to fight it himself. He told me that the moment you give yourself over to the will of god and beg to be saved, you are done. The moment you take your fate out of your own hands is when you have lost the battle for life. He finds inner strength in his faith, but he has never stopped fighting for life within himself.
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