Sometimes I'm asked what's the most important thing I did to save my life. This is it:

"Keep showing up. I remember all the times I thought, I cannot do this even one more day. Then I’d go to sleep and wake up the next day with the same stuff to trek through. To paraphrase Ram Dass, one of my spiritual teachers, “You have to take it all as necessary steps and proceed.” You have to allow yourself the meltdowns, the misery, and the acknowledgment of the vast pain in any sickness journey. Always find a way to keep showing up for yourself, because you never know when your healing will arrive. Often when you feel like you’re miles from where you want to be, you’re just around the corner."

(from Los Angeles Review of Books interview)