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I made it to the end of The Four Agreements. The last agreement is simply, “Always do your best.” The author, Miguel Ángel Ruiz, did an amazing job concluding with this principle. The final agreement focuses on how challenging it can be to retrain your mind. As I delved into the last chapter and considered what it means to do my best, I realized that I had already begun retraining my mind and rewriting certain agreements. However, there are still many areas I need to work on. As Ruiz suggested, I have started compiling a list and will begin making changes.
One part of the final chapters that resonated with me is the idea that to "do your best" is part of being a warrior. I love the term "being a warrior." People with glioblastoma often refer to themselves as warriors or call each other fellow warriors. I was unaware of this until I had a conversation about glioblastoma, and someone said, "fight on, warrior." At first, I was confused, but then it all made sense. When the author talks about being a warrior, he says, "To be a warrior doesn’t always mean to win the battle; we may win or we may lose, but we always do our best." That is what having cancer is like. I may live, or I may die, but I am trying to do my best.
Lastly, I have talked a lot about being angry and upset. I am mad, and I am taking it out on everyone. That is part of the healing process, but I also need to forgive myself, forgive God, and forgive what I cannot change. Yes, I said forgive God. The author talks a lot about this. He makes a great point that if we can forgive our higher power for putting us in a situation that we have deemed bad enough to change our state of mind, then we can also work to forgive ourselves. This is impactful, and I have only just started doing this.
Change is hard, and I slip up all the time. But at the end of the day, I am just trying to do my best. This book has meant a lot to me and is only now starting to make sense in my head. I am starting his next book and will keep you posted.
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