[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fwtTThV6ekKoPHAc-qLLM9NKa5NdjMaOsGsEFOXyhsC4":3,"$fBYpBq-KdBZAlU4lv3izap_jAJAFNnp2r8srFn4tV2ac":12},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"bio_jsonld":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},10094,"Julie Yip-Williams","J",5,null,"julie-yip-williams",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":116},[14,22,53,69,95],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":9},827906,"Well, I'm here to play the game, and I choose not to live or die by what the odds-makers say. I choose not to put faith in percentages that were assembled by some anonymous researcher looking at a bunch of impersonal data points. Instead, I choose to put faith in me, in my body, mind, and spirit. In those parts of me that are already so practiced in the art of defying the odds.",2,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":23,"quote_text":24,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":25,"source":26,"quote_tag":27,"commentary":9},317254,"So much of life’s hardship becomes more bearable when you are able to build and lean on a network of loyalty, support, and love, and gather around you people...who will stand by you and help you. But the thing is you have to let them in; you have to let them see the heartache, pain, and vulnerability, and not cloak those things in a shameful darkness,and then you have to let those people who care about you help you.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[28,33,38,43,48],{"id":29,"tag":30},1902301,{"id":31,"tag_name":32},24,"life",{"id":34,"tag":35},1902299,{"id":36,"tag_name":37},119,"death",{"id":39,"tag":40},1902302,{"id":41,"tag_name":42},599,"living",{"id":44,"tag":45},1902300,{"id":46,"tag_name":47},4424,"dying",{"id":49,"tag":50},1902303,{"id":51,"tag_name":52},4633,"mortality",{"id":54,"quote_text":55,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":56,"source":57,"quote_tag":58,"commentary":68},317243,"Dying has taught me a great deal about living — about facing hard truths consciously, about embracing the suffering as well as the joy. Wrapping my arms around the hard parts was perhaps the great liberating experience of my life.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[59,62,65],{"id":60,"tag":61},1902241,{"id":36,"tag_name":37},{"id":63,"tag":64},1902254,{"id":41,"tag_name":42},{"id":66,"tag":67},1902245,{"id":46,"tag_name":47},"**The Backstory**\nJulie Yip-Williams, a lawyer-turned-novelist who passed away in 2018, wrote about her experiences with mortality and living with stage IV cancer in her memoir \"Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem.\" At the time of writing, she was facing her own death, yet chose to confront it head-on instead of avoiding it. Her words reflect a profound shift in perspective that often comes from facing one's own mortality.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nWhat's striking about this quote is the way Julie Yip-Williams turns the conventional notion of \"living\" on its head. By embracing suffering as an integral part of life, she reveals that true liberation lies not in avoiding pain, but in confronting it consciously – a paradox that challenges our cultural obsession with happiness and comfort.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, try incorporating \"suffering-embracing\" practices into your daily routine. Instead of suppressing or distracting yourself from difficulties, actively acknowledge them as opportunities for growth and understanding, allowing you to live more authentically and fully in the present moment.",{"id":70,"quote_text":71,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":72,"source":73,"quote_tag":74,"commentary":9},37549,"Walk through the fire and you will emerge on the other end, whole and stronger. I promise. You will ultimately find truth and beauty and wisdom and peace.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[75,80,85,90],{"id":76,"tag":77},258250,{"id":78,"tag_name":79},29,"peace",{"id":81,"tag":82},258252,{"id":83,"tag_name":84},223,"wisdom",{"id":86,"tag":87},258251,{"id":88,"tag_name":89},713,"truth",{"id":91,"tag":92},258249,{"id":93,"tag_name":94},723,"beauty",{"id":96,"quote_text":97,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":98,"source":99,"quote_tag":100,"commentary":9},37442,"It is in the acceptance of truth that real wisdom and peace come. It is in the acceptance of truth that real living begins. 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