Nothing Is Personal
Subscribe Free One of the greatest burdens we carry is the belief that life is happening to us . When hardship arrives, we ask, "Why me?" When our plans fall apart, we wonder what we did to deserve it. We quietly believe that life has singled us out, as though the universe had chosen us alone for disappointment, loss, or pain. But life has never been personal. The storms that visit your life have visited countless others before you. The tears you have shed have been shed by millions. The fears that keep you awake are not yours alone. They belong to the shared human experience. What feels deeply personal is often profoundly universal. We speak of my life, my journey, my struggles , as though each of us were living a separate existence. Yet beneath our different names, stories, and circumstances, there is only one life expressing itself through billions of unique experiences. The joy you feel, another has felt. The grief you carry, another has carried. The hope that...