“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Welcome! I am a lawyer turned freelance writer, essayist, and editor. On staff at Literary Mama and the co-founder and co-editor of the literary journal, The Sunlight Press, my essays and reported work have appeared in The Washington Post, The Lily, Saveur, Civil Eats, Brain, Child, ESPN and elsewhere. I am currently at work on a memoir on grief and culture and how it provides perspective on life’s ordinary graces. I invite you to appreciate the ordinary with me. I hope my daily practice of seeing the magic in the mundane helps you celebrate and find more of these moments in your life too. Read More
I think this is really beautiful.
And I think it can be said for relationships too. My in-laws celebrated twenty years and both were third loves for each other. They really said that they had been through personal hells and suffering and knew to hold on very tightly to new love.
Thanks, Tamara. Every time I read her words, I find some solace. The messiness matters.
Beautiful :)
This is so true – the most beautiful people aren’t physically beautiful but heroic and persevere – they’re motivational and inspiring. :) Happy Friday Rudri!! -Iva
Thanks, Iva. When you unbox typical definitions of beauty, you uncover an entire world.
True and beautiful.
Absolutely true.
Love.