Posted on Feb 8, 2018
What Not To Say To The Terminally Ill: 'Everything Happens For A Reason'
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Kate Bowler's new memoir, Everything Happens for a Reason And Other Lies I've Loved, is a funny, intimate portrait of living in that nether space between life and death.
What Not To Say To The Terminally Ill: 'Everything Happens For A Reason'
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The best thing you can say is nothing and grace someone with a true listening presence.
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Quote: „But take the advice of one man, who wrote to me with his policy: Show up and shut up." That‘s smart!
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Another that probably should be avoided - "Whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger". Not what they'd want to hear.
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