A Different Kind of Adversity to Deal With

We are fundamentally and profoundly vulnerable to affliction at any given moment. Many of us, I think, work very hard to try and cultivate the illusion that we are not. So what we ought to do is prepare ourselves by performing philosophical exercises in our own lives. Susie: We might have to reflectively cope with illness in ways that don't destroy us. But a much more creative and compassionate towards ourselves approach would be better.

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