Journey From Emmaus - The Monday Morning Memo

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“GOOD GRIEF
One night I watched an episode of 24 which established the strong character of the female president with the following exchange about the death of her son:

AIDE: You haven't let your loss interfere with your job. Your husband's a strong man, but he doesn't have your resilience.

PRESIDENT: (sternly): It's not a matter of resilience. There's not a day that goes by… when I don't think about my son. But I'm about to take this nation to war. Grief is a luxury I can't afford right now.

This model represents an American fantasy of muscling through pain by throwing ourselves into our work; it is akin to the dream that if only we show ourselves to be creatures of will (staying in shape, eating organic) we will stave off illness forever.”

- Meghan O'Rourke, The New Yorker, Feb 1, 2010

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