Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

“Reading is the act of listening and speaking at the same time, with someone you’ve never met, but love…”

Join Kate and Sheila as they embark on Daniel Nayeri’s tale of an unbelievable but true journey, in Everything Sad is Untrue. The story describes how Daniel’s mother and her children had to flee Iran after  converting to Christianity. The miraculous and harrowing road to freedom is beautifully told through the eyes of a young Daniel. 

“The Legend of my mother is that she does not stop. And if you don't stop, you're unstoppable.”

Everything Sad is Untrue is written in a traditional Eastern way of Storytelling where “the stories aren't the thing. The thing is the story of the story. The spending of the time. The falling in love.” It allows us to see each other as our true selves.

Daniel tells us about the God who Listens and the God who speaks and the importance of a God that does both. May we implement this in our lives as we practice listening better and speaking kindness often. 

“Love is empty without justice. Justice is cruel without love.” 

“But what you believe about the future will change how you live in the present.” 

What do you believe about the future?

Meet Daniel and his unstoppable mom in this short video. Why this author and his mother fled Iran in the 80's