Stephanie

“Can we become wiser and better people because of major medical problems? Absolutely. But that’s *our* choice. It’s not automatically included in the package – a package that is filled with pain and sadness and disappointment. Anyone who chooses to find a ray of light in that darkness, to use the pain to benefit themselves and other people, has my utmost awe and respect. But that doesn’t erase the horror of the packaging. If we forget that, empathy is lost.

Sickness is not a gift – far more often, it feels like a curse. The people who take that curse and nevertheless continue to try, to fight, to hope – they are the gifts. Love those people well. And love them even more on days when trying, fighting, and hoping are simply out of reach.”
― Michael Bihovsky

“Courage is risk. It is sacrifice . . . . . . commitment . . . perseverance . . . truth . . . determination.”
― Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave

“Your blood flow, the life-force, the electricity, they’re all in there. But what are you going to do with them? This is the only life you’ve got, so it’s time to move beyond your conditioning. It’s time to move beyond your fear or whatever else is holding you back from living fully because that’s the way nature meant you to be. Your fears are a consequence of a conditioned mind, and they are nothing but a burden.”
― Wim Hof, The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Full Human Potential

“If it wasn’t scary, everyone would do it. If it was easy, there wouldn’t be any growth in it.”
― Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave