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

“The belief that an individual can make a difference is the first step. The next is understanding that you can be that person.”
― Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Timeless Stoic values from the multimillion-selling author of THE DAILY STOIC

“That’s what de Gaulle realized about Hitler. That his force was entirely dependent on the “cowardice of others.” No one was willing to call the bully a bully. No one in Germany was willing to see that the emperor had no clothes, and was in fact a raving, murderous lunatic. They definitely weren’t willing to say so. Because no one said anything, no one did anything except tell Hitler what he wanted to hear. And so they all became complicit. Still,”
― Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave