Choosing to Hear Each Other When We’re Hurting

Beth Vogtacceptance, Beth K. Vogt, brokenness, change, choices, crisis, Friendship, grace, hope, In Others' Words, perspective, Quotes, Relationships, suffering, validation 12 Comments

@bethvogt Get over it. Those three words just may be my least favorite words. Ever.  Quite honestly, I’ve heard the words more than once in my life. Way too many times. Sometimes they’re disguised in the phrase “Don’t be so sensitive.” Three different words – same intent: Get over it. A number of years ago, I shared a struggle with …

In Others’ Words: What Suffering Requires

Beth VogtIn Others' Words, Quotes, suffering 6 Comments

Everyone suffers. I don’t think anyone would argue with that statement. We might argue with with how much someone suffers — whether someone’s suffering is worse than another person’s … or ours. We might argue with the wrongness or rightness of the suffering. But no one get’s a bye on suffering. The question then becomes suffering plus what allows us …