Bad Things, Good Things - Catherine Shannon's Newsletter
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Let the bad reveal the good
You probably know the saying by Mark Twain: “Some of the worst things in my life never even happened.” As the French would say: c’est un bangér. I would take it a step further: “Some of the worst things in my life not only happened, but made my life better.” (Cloyingly positive, yes, I know. Emphasis on some.) Let’s put death and violence and all those really bad things off to one side for a moment and just look at garden-variety bad things. These are the kinds of problems we encounter every day and sometimes every day for years on end. Some of them are, admittedly, quite large,…
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