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.
Share
The Stream Is Always Here
Published 7 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, We’re putting Resilient on ice and starting something new: The Zen Monkey and the Lotus Flower. It’s a collection of 52 short stories. Probably meant to be read once a week, but we’ll be doing one each day. That should carry us through the next couple months of this daily reflection. The first story is about a young monk named Tenzin. He tells his teacher he can’t stay present. His thoughts keep drifting. The master walks him to a stream and asks, “Where is the water?” Tenzin...
Subscribe to keep reading
This post is free to read but only available to subscribers.