Tag: health

To whatever extent I imposed a narrative on experience, it was only because experience first imposed it upon me.

Beneath these critiques of the American medical system and the biological mysteries of the human body throbs a more existential question: How does one deal with suffering? These are some of the most moving parts of Douthat’s book. He finds himself literally prostrate before the altar seeking some meaning in his suffering.

Human stories, centered around human persons in pursuit of wisdom, are the roots from which communities grow. We can be sure, by the sweat on the brows of each person in the McGinley family, that this connection between the land and community is no mere metaphor.

On the banks of a river, but can't get a drink.

The listlessness of modern death is that you might not even get a chance to show courage before you forget who you are.