Pain can make you want to die, can make you want to leave and shut the door behind you. My pain makes me die and makes me live. It is my resurrection, my initiation—a great unfolding in my master plan. It opens my eyes to other people, to their profound joys and sorrows. What happens when you die? They ask. Well, what happens when you live? Don’t tell me I’ll get through this and that one day it’ll be all right. I am here, now, and it is not wrong. Setting Out On the Path of