Week 2 Term 3 Reflection: Jake Bailey

Today, we were taken into the library and we got to meet Jake Bailey, a public speaker who had cancer for around 5 months and lived to tell the tale. The type of cancer he had is called Non-hodgkin's Lymphoma, a type of cancer that is the fastest spreading cancer in the world. He lost 2/3 of his body weight, went through months of chemo-therapy, and he made it out the other side.

He told us about alot of things he learnt while in chemo-therapy, like, not worrying about the small things too much, that being grateful is a good skill to have, that happiness is a skill that you have to learn, and that to gain resilience, you have to power through the bad times and don't let it get to you too much.

He was confident, respectful, nice, and so many other things. It really shows that a near-death experience can change a human for the better. He's an amazing role-model and he seems like a great person to know.



Sorry for not posting much about the blogX thing, I've been busy and haven't gotten an opportunity to do it. I promise I'll post more soon!