A Cancer Survivors Journey to educate others about the value of Early Detection.
December ,2016
Good morning to all, It is with great honor and thanks to our Creator, the Mayo Clinic, the Native Interest Group and others that made it possible for me to speak to you today.
It is consistent with my teachings to play a song prior to speaking, for the music from the flute is medicine used by our Creator to heal the broken spirits that are among us. I am to play the music and our Creator provides the songs for me to play.
As a Cancer survivor my journey is to travel to the needy and underserved American Indian Reservations and share my Spiritual and Personal experiences with the cancer and provide health related information about heath and cancer.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience - We are Spiritual Beings having a human experience. I am not a motivational speaker - I am a Spiritual Being guided by our Creator to communicate with my brothers and sisters because I am a witness to having cancer.
In 1975 - Pope Paul the 6th was quoted as saying, "Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers and if he listens at all it will be because they are witnesses not spectators, but witnesses".
I am not a Doctor, Nurse or associated with any medical Institution nor have I studied in the medical field. I provide no medical information or procedures to anyone. I just share my health experiences in this journey and hope it will provide others to seek Professional Medical advice when you notice health related problems.
My role is determined by our Creator and I work for him to do outreach work which serves other entities and organizations by having a presence in the various Tribal communities and communicating their health concerns and their needs to others off Reservation. I establish the trust relationship with many in the community and take their concerns and needs forward only when they ask me to. I listen to the elders, I ask questions to know and understand protocols, I let tribal members or staff invite me or introduce me to others. I am always honest, I don't over commit and I honor my word.
I try to understand the many different American Indian Tribes and their needs by trying to understand myself and my needs and by understanding Abraham Maslow's Theory of Human Motivation that states, "The basis of Maslow's theory is that human beings are motivated by unsatisfied needs, and that certain lower needs need to be satisfied before higher needs can be satisfied".
This document is meant to compliment my Oral presentation and some background information how I approach my work.
I hope this presentation touches you and your Spiritual soul and inspire you to look more deeply at yourself and understanding others that may appear different but, we are all spiritual beings having a human experience and our Creator has absolute control of everything.
Sincerely, Bill Ward
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