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. The newsletter gets sent 3x per week. Monday/Wednesday/Friday. 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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Stillness, Power, and a Snake Named Nagini
Published 6 months ago • 1 min read
Hi there, Combining a couple days here... Yesterday’s reading was about a waterfall named Kansho and a pond named Yuima. Kansho roared with constant energy, while Yuima stayed still and calm. But they weren’t opposites. They were a system. The waterfall poured into the pond. The pond, in turn, replenished the waterfall. Constant movement. Constant rest. A cycle of renewal that only worked because they each knew their role. I’ve felt like the waterfall lately. On court every day in Mumbai,...
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