What Doesn’t Kill Me

Frederick Nietzsche declared, “what doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.” Perhaps. Reality is different and far more nuanced. What doesn’t kill you is likely to be painful, life-changing, and unrecoverable. Suddenly, an ability to live what was believed to be a normal life and an ability to move freely throughout the world has suddenly, unexpectedly, and drastically been limited or even fundamentally eliminated. A harsh life awaits many of us, and we are anything but stronger or better – we simply endure and try to make the best of it.