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This weeks chapter -Holy Honor- marriage teaches us to respect others. Take the plank out of your own eye before you try to remove the speck from your neighbors (or spouses) eye. Were not married in a garden of eden; were married in the midst of many responsibilities that compete for our energy. This new understanding has ushered a stronger empathy for each other in our weaknesses and peculiarities

I had observed that neurotypicals criticized autistic people for lacking empathy towards them—but seldom made any effort to improve their own empathy towards autistic people.

If you truly want to love God, look right now at the ring on your left hand, commit yourself to exploring anew what that ring represents, and love passionately, crazily, and enduringly the fleshly person who put it there.

Sometimes you’ve got to ignore the ratings. This is a wonderful adventure.

“If you eat baked beans form a dented can, you will die of botulism. This was before people injected botulism into their faces. Nowadays a dented can will kill you, but you’ll look young. 😂😂

Among patients with frozen embryos 54% have said they would be very likely to use them for reproduction 21% will donate them for research and less than 7% would choose other options such as discarding them or donating them to other patients

The undeniable fact of death remains, imposing and impending regardless of our temporary victories. Our ability to be present for each other during life is the true restoration- the definition of agency. That is the win, the success we must look for and define ourselves by. Our ability to be present with each other during our suffering is what we are meant to do.

There are moments when you know that the words that come next will change your life forever. The challenge is realizing that your life had changed already-changed some time ago, in fact- and you are only just now finding out the details. But it was already true. Not hearing it doesn’t make it not true.