With the Right Attitude

In one of my old post, I wrote about how people engaged in self-pity by way of sharing his or her life struggles. I have a friend who is currently fighting breast cancer. She shares her struggle in this blog. Her entry on 25th May gives me a new perspective. She said that by trying to hide her cancer, she actually missed out on opportunity to receive encouragements or to encourage others. And if you read her blog entries, you don't sense any self pity on her part. I guess one's attitude in sharing is important. Before we unveil ourselves, we really need to ask, what will be accomplished by sharing? Will it strengthen ourselves and others? Or will it just derive pity for us or draw everyone's attention to us?