IN HIGH SCHOOL, I thought that having to sit through my geometry class was about as much pain as I could stand. I had no idea. Today my neighbor is in the burn unit of a hospital dealing with extensive burns that he suffered when his propane tank exploded in his RV. All of us on this site have known the pain that ultimately necessitated our ostomies. Being here now, having survived and recovered and come to grips with this test of strength, we can understand what Friedrich Nietzsche was talking about when he told us: “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” Now, if only I could find the strength to deal with the fact that the Dodgers lost a series to the Pirates.
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