"I'm so sorry. I know that feeling. It's hell." --an excerpt from a conversation I recently had with a friend who is... well, going through hell.
That Prayer I Hate
"Open our eyes" is the ultimate Christian/praying person's cop-out.
On Willful Ignorance (Part 2 of 3)
It is not okay to bully someone for having a different experience than your own. It is not okay to loudly declare that something does not exist simply because you have never personally encountered it. It is not okay to tell someone they are wrong because their life is not a carbon-copy of your own.
On Willful Ignorance (Part 1 of 3)
If your first instinct is that a person must be incorrect, exaggerating, or lying when they describe an experience that they have had and you have not, you are willfully ignorant.
What Hurting People Need
Hurting people look a lot like your best friend, your coworker, your barista, and yourself. No one gets through a life on earth without some amount of hurt and grief.
