![]() ![]() Nostalgia, the stories we tell, the high school reunions that happen all the time on Facebook. Kate: We are all living in the past, at least every now and then. Life is a chronic condition and there’s no cure for being human. We can have beauty and meaning, community and love, and we will need each other if we’re going to tell the truth. And it’s OK that life isn’t always getting better. There are some things we can change and some things we can’t. ![]() I’ve written multiple books on the history of the idea that you can always fix your life. The world loves you better when you are shiny, when you are cheerful, when you still believe that your best life now is right around the corner. And here’s the very fun thing about that. When I was 35, I was diagnosed with stage four cancer. If only you tried to eat this food, find that relationship, just get the kids graduated or the parents this kind of care. It’s hard to give up on the feeling that the life you want is just out of reach. ![]() But lately, in a world that promises endless progress, even now in a pandemic, I realized I just need to be a person. I’m a historian, author, aggressively, fast walker. Kate Bowler: I’m Kate Bowler, and this is Everything Happens. ![]()
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