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During the worst of it, onlookers who have learned my story often comment to me that, “All the hardships you suffered were part of a divine plan for your life because something good came from each bad thing.” As though a divine presence decided to teach me these great lessons through pain. I am affronted by such a suggestion because it robs me of my accomplishment by removing the element of transcendence.
I don’t believe we learn anything from suffering. If human beings inherently learned throu
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― To Lose the Madness: Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical Authenticity
― To Lose the Madness: Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical Authenticity
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