Very often in the media or by individuals you’ll see messages to inanimate objects attempting to put them on notice. This is really stupid. Most recently I’ve seen very smart people working for the LIVESTRONG foundation and cancer patients sending messages through them directed at cancer. “You can’t beat me, cancer.” or “I have cancer, it will NEVER have me!” messages seem to be the majority of what I see. I understand the intent: gain confidence, put yourself in a good frame of mind for the task at hand, etc. However, it bothers me to see these messages being addressed to cancer, like the cancer is going to be afraid or realize it’s dealing with a real threat and back off. Cancer cells cannot understand you. How about you send those messages and direct those messages towards your family, or other people that care about you. You can even use the same language. Be smart with your motivation, that’s all I’m saying.