LIVE: Embracing Hardship
One author's recommendation to not just survive these times, but thrive in them.
The past couple years in the pandemic have been tough for a lot of folks on a variety of levels: pandemic deaths and the risk of Covid-19.
Civil rights, demonstrations and unrest, and public safety issues.
Loneliness and isolation.
The increasing severity of the opioid crisis.
The list goes on — and on.
It’s enough to make you want to run screaming, but where would we run to?
A new book out this morning is asking us what would happen if, instead of running away from hardship, we embraced it instead.
It’s the theme of the book called “Mrs. Dubose’s Last Wish” that celebrates the changes in character that come with going through tough times.
The author came up with the inspiration for the book after a difficult stretch of unemployment.
He draws on the collective knowledge of leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln, and artists like Dave Matthews, Harper Lee, as well as the writers of the Old Testament, to illustrate his experience that suffering can make give you the tools you need to achieve greater character, and maybe greatness itself.
Author Thomas Fellows Zoomed in live to the Morning Show to talk with Emily Welker about the collected wisdom in his book, and why all its profits are going to suicide awareness programs through the National Alliance for Mental Health (NAMI).
