Why do we sugarcoat things? Because truth is high stakes. And it’s risky. And sometimes we’ve been harmed by its tactlessness or we’ve been manipulated by its manipulator or it has been weaponized. And
You have cancer.I have cancer. Inflect each word. *I* have cancer. I *have* cancer. I have *cancer*. The bliss of ignorance, gone. The unknown can’t become unknown ever again. The burden of knowledge—so.very.heavy. On
My first step is coming to grips with the word, ‘survivor.’ I have a love/hate relationship with that word. My gut instinct is to hate it, yet I can’t quite put my finger on