So I'm reading this book for my death and dying class. It's a book written by a mother who lost her 3 year old daughter to a rare cancer. She speaks of the memories of when she first found out about the cancer to the her daughter's death. The section I read today was entitled TRUTH. What she says about Truth at the end of this section I felt was beautiful and also powerful:
TRUTH IS FIERCE and unrelenting. We cannot change it, but we can change the way we live it. Making mistakes, not being loved, and dying are inescapable experiences of being human; so is our fear of them. By facing those fears, we have a chance to step beyond them. When we are willing to do the best we can with what we know, to be honest with ourselves and other about who we are and what really matters to us, only then are the lives we live and the love we receive truly our own.
My favorite line is: By facing those fears, we have a chance to step beyond them.
thank you. <3
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