Day 60 of 98 Days - St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick (Patron of Ireland) b. 387 d.461

"St. Patrick preached and converted all of Ireland for 40 years."

According to the Catholic history, St. Patrick labored for forty years to convert the people of Ireland from Druidism to Christianity. A long time - a life time. We marvel at how anyone can remain committed throughout such a long period of time.

I suppose that the key is that he was ''committed. St. Patrick was ardently committed to his cause and furthermore believed that his mission was blessed and it was worthy. He faced enumerable obstacles in his campaign to covert the non-believers including many from those who opposed him by attempting to end his quest, killing him if necessary.

Fast forward fifteen centuries and find us here engaged in a struggle to change minds and hearts just as did St. Patrick in his day. Daily we are working to convince those we meet online and on the streets of our own neighborhood of the relevancy of supporting research to find a cure for life ending blood cancers. Like St. Patrick my team struggles in a community where so many we encounter aren't believers in our cause, many of which would rather we simply disappear. Of course their reaction is not directed toward us, in fact is is likely the threat of the disease that they are reacting to, as people are very much afraid of all cancers and by ignoring them are hoping against hope to cast them all into non-existence. But of course that is the stuff that fairy tales are made of.

So, on this 2010 edition of St. Patrick's Day, we celebrate the man, his mission, and his struggle to convert the people to his cause. Similarly, we take great inspiration in his work to find the deep reserves to continue our own mission to complete our work to fund the research to find a cure for blood cancers now or at the very least before another 40 years has passed!

Won't you help today with a few dollars? It means a lot to the men, women, and so many children who are struggling to survive with leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma.

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