Sublime
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All we ask is to be allowed to remain the writers of our own story. That story is ever changing. Over the course of our lives, we may encounter unimaginable difficulties. Our concerns and desires may shift. But whatever happens, we want to retain the freedom to shape our lives in ways consistent with our character and loyalties.
Atul Gawande • Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Systems are broken, and individuals are broken.
Kelly M. Kapic • A Field Guide to Becoming Whole: Principles for Poverty Alleviation Ministries
broken systems at the community and macro levels;
Kelly M. Kapic • Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty Isn't the American Dream
Capacious
Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
the central ethical moment, the paradigm for all others, is when one person attends to another, cares for her, and acts to ameliorate her suffering.
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
our ability to contemplate how we will be in the future, may also be our greatest source of anguish.
Laurence Endersen • Pebbles of Perception: How a Few Good Choices Make All The Difference
I’m breaking out these Diminisher proclivities to emphasize that seeing another person well is the hardest of all hard problems.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
and pure epidemiology,
Peter Attia MD • Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
How determined are we to live a life of promise?