In Others’ Words: The Illusion of Communication

Beth VogtIn Others' Words, Quotes, Relationships 9 Comments

  Have you ever experienced this odd form of  communication where someone has a conversation with you — but forgot to include you in the exchange? You know what I mean: It’s the kind of dialogue between you and someone else, but it takes place entirely in the other person’s head. Things are said — some of them supposedly by …

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 …