01701 – I’m Still Here & Now I Get It
Bowler, Kate

Look, the world loves us when we are good, better, best, but this is the time when you want to stop feeling guilty that you are not living your best life, now. We’re not always doing mountaintop yoga.

I used to have my own delusion of living my own best life now…then I was diagnosed with Stage Four cancer. That was four years ago and I’m still here and now I get it. Life is a chronic condition. The self-help and wellness industry will try to tell you that you can always fix your life, “Eat this and you won’t get sick. Lose this weight and you will never be lonely. Believe with your whole heart and God will provide. Keep this attitude and the money is yours.”

But I am here to look into your gorgeous eyes and say, “Hey, there are some things you can fix and some things you can’t and it’s okay that life isn’t always better. We can find beauty and meaning and truth, but there is no cure to being human.”

So, let’s be friends on that journey. Let’s be human, together.

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