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#EverythingHappens for a Reason comes out in paperback next week and it reminds me the incredible conversations I’ve had since. Over the next few days, I’d love to share some bits of advice I received that helped me keep moving forward when there was no way back.
1. It is easier to be trite about suffering than embrace our own fragility.
“Our own fragility is terrifying to us. It’s easier to say: ‘Well, there’s a reason it’s happened to THAT person.’ We don’t want to be next.” -Pastor Nadia Bolz Weber (@Sarcasticluther)
“Our own fragility is terrifying to us. It’s easier to say: ‘Well, there’s a reason it’s happened to THAT person.’ We don’t want to be next.” -Pastor Nadia Bolz Weber (@Sarcasticluther)
2. Facing the truth means allowing to let it take up space.
“Truth has weight and dimension to it. When you deliver bad news, you have to allow it come into the room and take up space.” Pediatric Oncologist Ray Barfield reflects on what kids with cancer teach him about honesty.
“Truth has weight and dimension to it. When you deliver bad news, you have to allow it come into the room and take up space.” Pediatric Oncologist Ray Barfield reflects on what kids with cancer teach him about honesty.
3. Pain makes everyone awkward so just get in the game.
“You’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, should I go? I won’t even know what to say. I won’t know what to do.’ Just getting in the door in the first place and being there is the hardest part. ” —@petridishes
“You’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, should I go? I won’t even know what to say. I won’t know what to do.’ Just getting in the door in the first place and being there is the hardest part. ” —@petridishes
4. Love can make you brave.
My role model of costly love is Dr. Lucy Kalanithi (@rocketgirlmd) whose husband Paul was sick when they decided to have a baby. Lucy worried: “If we have a baby, wouldn’t it make dying harder?” And Paul said “Wouldn’t it be great if it did?”
My role model of costly love is Dr. Lucy Kalanithi (@rocketgirlmd) whose husband Paul was sick when they decided to have a baby. Lucy worried: “If we have a baby, wouldn’t it make dying harder?” And Paul said “Wouldn’t it be great if it did?”
5. The gift of presence is priceless.
“When you’re one of those people who have walked with their own affliction, we don’t have any pat answers. We don’t speak with certainty. And we learn how to just be in the presence of others.” -@mafeinberg
“When you’re one of those people who have walked with their own affliction, we don’t have any pat answers. We don’t speak with certainty. And we learn how to just be in the presence of others.” -@mafeinberg
