The Sojourner's Truth

03 Dec, 2022

The Sojourner’s Truth

The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama

By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor

Your entire life is like a gigantic game of “Chutes and Ladders.”

Shake the dice, move two steps ahead, and you hit a ladder that takes you to higher places on the game board. Three more squares, and you hit a chute that sends you back to the bottom. Life and children’s games are alike in this way: as in the new book The Light We Carry by Michelle Obama, the only way to win is to keep playing.

Pandemic, recession, political divide, market volatility. For many months, you’ve wondered every morning what fresh chaos you’ll deal with that day. So, what keeps you going? How do we overcome feelings of being “wobbly and unsettled”? more...

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