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Pat Garcia
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I'm an ESL teacher, a translator,an artist and a lover of peace, life and beauty. I have been fighting and living with different chronic illnesses since 1999 when I was diagnosed with a pituitary tumor. Words like Cushing's, hypothyroidism then Hashimoto's, metabolic syndrome and recently generalized postictal epilepsy ,pineal calcification and cortical atrophy have been very real to me.......I have won many battles and have lost a few but I do plan to finish the marathon of life in triumph I expect to reach the finish line,already traced for me by God's finger. Philippians 3:13-14 Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
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I drew this after receiving the adenoma diagnosis in 1999

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Pat Garcia receiving the sunrise. Photo: Victor Alonso Martinez Garcia

The journey.....................................


marathon of life: How did all this begin?

Dioko in greek means to follow or press hard after, to pursue with earnestness and diligence in order to obtain, to go after with the desire of obtaining.

marathon of life: Surviving a brain tumor

As we face many storms faith is like an anchor that keeps us from drifting and casting away in order to continue our journey, sometimes facing frightening waves, sometimes on dry desert land or cold inhospitable weather .

Marathon of life: Finding out about Epylepsy

At least I knew what was attacking my body I knew what was happening yet it was so painful. Thyrotoxic episodes were exacerbating seizures.

In patients with established epilepsy (including generalized epilepsy syndromes), seizures and paroxysmal EEG abnormalities can be exacerbated by hyperthyroidism In other patients, focal or generalized seizures occur only during thyrotoxic episodes. Seizure exacerbations usually remit when patients become euthyroid with treatment.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Jeremiah 6:16

This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, 'We will not walk in it.' (Jeremiah 6:16 NIV)

Everything around me is taking me to the fundamental aspects of my faith , to the beginning of spiritual growth, to the day I looked up to the heavens for the first time. A life full of hope and gratitude even in the mist of storms when knowing something as marvelous and amazing as a rainbow can enhance the beauty of our lives.

It is important to stop and look, to follow the ancient paths not meaning paths of old-fashioned outdated forms of thinking but rather meaning the foundation of our faith, the ancient ways to walk given by God to his people. The fundamental eternal truths that are non-changing will make us strong and full of peace to face an ever changing world.

Believing in the God who believes in you assures you with a steady step forward, it secures you and provides the certainty of walking in the right direction towards your destiny, your pilgrimage, your mission in life as and exaltation of his glory in you.

As you walk following the eternal truth of God, peace will come to you and those around you, as you keep walking you advance through a period of maturity and change, your spiritual perception advances forward in this process reaching a point of increasing revelation and wisdom.

It is at that point when you can experiment constant gratitude, continuous praise and worship to your creator. It is at this time of maturity when asking and obtaining is not so important anymore. It is a slow, steady walk to destiny and accomplishment when you can live and feel each moment and sensation, experimenting life at its maximum level.

Time of triumphs when adversity can't beat you, it can knock you down, but it can't beat you once you have embraced the kingdom of God with all your heart and might.

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