Listen to this when
I Run for Life
Run for the ones still fighting 🎗️
Who it's for
Melissa Etheridge, herself a breast cancer survivor, wrote this as a rallying anthem for people living with and beyond cancer.
Fighting through→Purposeful and strong
Feelings it meets
What it is
"I Run for Life" is a song by Melissa Etheridge, one of the new tracks on her 2005 compilation Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled. She wrote it after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004 and going through treatment. The song addresses the disease's effects on body and spirit and the refusal to let it defeat you, using running as an image of still moving forward. It reached No.
Where to find it
All major streaming services.
Before you start
Age: All ages
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.Helen Keller, Optimism: An Essay
