The post discusses the challenges of dealing with unsolicited advice during a personal health journey characterized by chronic pain and subsequent hip replacement surgery. It highlights how advice, often well-intentioned, can feel patronizing and undermine an individual's autonomy, emphasizing the importance of understanding personal experiences without immediate judgment or input from others.
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Kindness as a Path for Change
I’m exhausted. You, too? Since January 20th, chaos, uncertainty, and disinformation have created disbelief and despair in doses I haven’t experienced in my nearly seven decades. I thought I had prepared. But… no. Lately it feels like we’re all riding the wild elephant, unable to get off safely, as much as we wish we… Continue reading Kindness as a Path for Change
Serendipity
Such a pretty word, serendipity. Tickles the lips and tongue to say it. Yet it's the word's meaning and its occurrence in life that's truly delightful. The fact of finding interesting or valuable things by chance.Cambridge Dictionary A happy coinage by Horace Walpole to denote the faculty of making lucky and unexpected 'finds' by accident.… Continue reading Serendipity


