“Leaning into the subject of suffering, leaning into the subject of mortality, was directly therapeutic for me. It wasn’t an intellectual interest or a recreational thought...Getting through my day required me to lean into it, and that’s where I just saw all this beauty that comes from it.”
On learning to deal with suffering in “How Nearly Losing His Life Made This Author Embrace Death” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bj-miller-beginners-guide-to-the-end-death_l_5d518495e4b0c63bcbeb38e5 in HuffPost (2019 Aug 14)
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Ever changin' as it flows.
And a dreamer's just a vessel
That must follow where it goes.
Trying to learn from what's behind you,
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Makes each day a constant battle
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