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I am glad you have a strong support network. I am facing a similar medical need at the very same medical facility I presume you used. We are lucky with where we live. Here is a story I hope will help you find strength and peace in your recovery. A very close relation was born with many disabilities. The doctors did not think she would live and gave the parents the option of letting that result take place immediately. She has now had over 60 surgeries, had periods of years of chronic pain, more or less died twice. Yet she has in the past, and is again today making a living as a professional athlete and traveling the world on her own to compete. When I have had my challenges in the past, and when I think of those to come, I think of her and I am too embarrassed to dwell on my problems regardless of my pains. This is also how I hope we see wider world problems. Some of us have been born in the right place at the right time and through that good fortune not faced the realities of others. I believe your writing is a way to try and offer some balance. From our distance we probably cannot actually save lives. We can live by examples and try to influence others who singularly or jointly may be able to effect actions which will reduce suffering and inequality and maybe save a life. Keep it up.
Thanks very much for your wise commentary on the unequal distribution of suffering, a topic which is on my mind more and more with each passing day. Wishing you a rapid recovery and a quick return to publishing your newsletter.
I am glad you have a strong support network. I am facing a similar medical need at the very same medical facility I presume you used. We are lucky with where we live. Here is a story I hope will help you find strength and peace in your recovery. A very close relation was born with many disabilities. The doctors did not think she would live and gave the parents the option of letting that result take place immediately. She has now had over 60 surgeries, had periods of years of chronic pain, more or less died twice. Yet she has in the past, and is again today making a living as a professional athlete and traveling the world on her own to compete. When I have had my challenges in the past, and when I think of those to come, I think of her and I am too embarrassed to dwell on my problems regardless of my pains. This is also how I hope we see wider world problems. Some of us have been born in the right place at the right time and through that good fortune not faced the realities of others. I believe your writing is a way to try and offer some balance. From our distance we probably cannot actually save lives. We can live by examples and try to influence others who singularly or jointly may be able to effect actions which will reduce suffering and inequality and maybe save a life. Keep it up.
Feel better soon! We readers will be here when you are up for posting more!
Thanks very much for your wise commentary on the unequal distribution of suffering, a topic which is on my mind more and more with each passing day. Wishing you a rapid recovery and a quick return to publishing your newsletter.
God willing, I'll be here when you post again. In the meantime, I wish you a steady recovery, and I look forward to the next time you share with us.
You and Liz have been and are in my thoughts. And thank you for wise thoughts in these very troubled times.
If you every are going into a battle, get Liz on your side. That is all I can say.