With Mayo Clinic oncologist Edward T. Creagan, M.D.

Let me share another perspective of living in the moment.

On Sunday, my wife and I ran the Twin Cities Marathon. We are experienced runners; Peggy had completed 6 and I have run 8 marathons. At the start the humidity was 80% and temperature was 74 degrees. The medical directors seriously considered canceling the event.

Of the 10,500 starters, 3,000 never finished and 250 needed medical interventions, twice the usual number. We each finished, but it was not pretty. What got us through was the notion of "staying in the moment." Not looking too far down the road, the future, and not thinking of how far we had come, the past. We focused on each step, stayed focused on the moment and it all worked out.

So how does each of us silence the demons of our past, and how do we silence the demons lurking outside our door?

Please share your thoughts.

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