Our lifelines
"The moment that is the most powerful is the point of surrender."
As we step into autumn 2024, the world around us continues to shift with record-breaking climate events, escalating global tensions, inequities, and political corruptions that threaten our relationships, communities, and well-being.
Many of us have felt the depths of despair, collectively testing the limits of our strength. How do we find hope when the tide feels too strong? What rekindles our spirit when we stand at the edge of giving up?
"The moment that is the most powerful is the point of surrender."
-Stefanie—fibromyalgia, facial pain disorders
In this month’s Unfixed doc-series episode, “Our Lifelines,” people living with chronic illness delve into a profound truth: survival is a daily choice to embrace the little yeses within struggle and choose life, time and again. And this resilience we summon in the face of adversity is a shared human experience.
As we navigate these challenges together, what are your lifelines in this ever-changing world?
A warm hello to my new discoveries here on Substack. Bowing to you in solidarity as you share your own stories of living unfixed. Jess Abramson D.J. Liberty Carrie Craig Tessa Permar Esmé Weijun Wang Keisha Kokonezi Broadwaybabyto Emily Wojcik Amanda Amber Horrox Emily Bazalgette Madelleine Müller
This documentary, so remarkable. So glad you are reposting.
I want to add that you, Kimberly, are a lifeline, as I have traveled through grief that brought such despair so powerful with the death of my son that I thought I would never write again. That has changed with your help--even though, other than on a Zoom meeting and an interview, I've not met you in person.
Oh Kimberly, well done. Once again each brave wonderful human, leaves me speechless and in awe. I can pick a thought from each person, gather it together in the most beautiful bouquet, live, love, forgive, hope and learn from it.
One word came to mind, conduit;
“…to channel energy to allow movement and change.” In Latin, a conduit means;“…to bring together. Being a reliable conduit is one way to help others…”
And in the realm of the ‘Unfixed’ a word that defines just another facet of you.