I am a patient advocate, a consultant for rare and under-served medical conditions, and a husband in a marriage impacted by the presence of a chronic illness.
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see - Thoreau
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition - Carl Sagan
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment - Marcus Aurelius