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David's Writings

Throughout his struggle with lymphoma, David found comfort in writing down his thoughts. He shared his writings on his first web site, and now we have them posted here. We hope you find comfort in his wisdom and that you are inspired by his words.

More writings:

"Am I Invisible"

"Text"

"God's Plan"

Am I Invisible

It seems as if no one can see me. No one can truly know how to see me.

Is it because I won't let them see me, or because they are blind?

Usually the world does turn a blind eye to those in distress.

But I do not believe they do so to a person such as me.

I believe I make myself invisible to others, so I don't have to look into their eyes.

I do believe they are constantly searching to find me, but I cannot afford for them to.

Because if they truly find me: pain, fear, and suffering I will find within their heart.

Since I cannot stand to see another man suffer, am I the one that turns the blind eye?

No, my compassion for others will never let me do so. This is my suffering.

David's thoughts on "Am I Invisible"

I wrote this when I was in the midst beginning treatments for the cancer. I have always wanted to make people feel better my whole life, and I would go to any length to make someone happy. Well, I didn't exactly show my family or my friends the true emotional pain that I was suffering through with the cancer. I felt destined to protect them from the pain because I didn't want to place that pain on anyone else. So I wrote this writing, snippet, or whatever you want to call it to try and outwardly express this to my loved ones just how I felt. This writing helped me begin to show those I love my true feelings and in turn helped all of our lives out a little bit more. When we love someone, we should ALWAYS want to know how they feel..good or bad...we never know what tomorrow brings. I've tried to explain this to many many friends over the past year, but rarely were any or them ready to admit that it could happen to me.