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“It was impossible to explain to the healthy the logic of the sick, and he didn’t have the energy to try.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“I will be living with chronic pain for the rest of my life. I don’t have the mobility, energy or life options I used to have. I work hard to manage the pain, and I want the medical system to be a respectful and effective partner, not a jailer. The opioid crisis is not my doing.”
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“If I only could explain
How much I miss
that precious moment
when I was free
from the shackles of chronic pain.”
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How much I miss
that precious moment
when I was free
from the shackles of chronic pain.”
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“the daily effort it took to appear normal was so great that it left energy for little else.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“What if illness - the stripping away of our health, our dreams, our understanding of who we are and what our future holds - is really a gift - God offering Himself to us unencumbered by all the noise, all the things that clutter our hearts and so easily fill our days? Because what if that quiet, stripped-away space is where hope is found? Where God leans in close whispering love to our weary souls until it becomes as familiar as the beating of our own hearts?”
― Discovering Hope: Beginning the Journey Toward Hope in Chronic Illness
― Discovering Hope: Beginning the Journey Toward Hope in Chronic Illness
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