Life with chronic illness | The parts people don’t see
I’m Rob Nunnery. I’ve won 19 pro pickleball titles and I also live with Crohn’s and a colostomy. Chronic illness shrinks people quietly. Plans change. Energy disappears. Bodies stop cooperating. Most of us carry it alone. This newsletter is a record of what it looks like to keep living anyway.
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Echo beneath the surface in Manila
Published 11 months ago • 2 min read
The Echo Beneath the SurfacePasig City, Manila | July 10, 2025 Hey there, This morning's read was about a young man named Arjun who travels to a mountain temple in Nepal in search of truth. He sits with a monk named Rinpoche and asks questions about life, suffering, and the nature of reality. One night, they’re sitting by a lake. The moon is out. The water is still. Arjun asks, “What is the echo of the moonlight on the water?” Rinpoche tells him to look closely. Arjun says he sees the moon...
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