![]() Haig discusses the therapeutic and cathartic value of words and suggests that people are all connected in ways both obvious and hidden. Haig points out that beautiful and meaningful music has been composed during times of despair rock bottom can even be a hopeful place because it is a state in which one can completely rebuild one’s self. Haig also encourages Embracing the Inevitability of Change, which is both “the nature of life” and “the reason to hope” (16). Haig discusses the power of the mind and the idea that “the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it” (12). He introduces the subject of suffering and points out that hardships can be overcome by simply walking in a straight line. Haig stresses that people do not need to achieve anything to be worthy of existence. Part 1 deals with readers’ essential humanness. ![]() ![]() It need not be read from beginning to end but is designed so anyone can pick it up during a moment of despair and flip to any page to find words of comfort. The irregularity of the book’s structure mirrors the irregularity and diversity of comfort and of the healing process. ![]() The book consists of four parts and includes chapters of various formats and lengths, such as recipes, process analyses, lists, and terse, standalone quotations. Content Warning: The Comfort Book contains references to suicidal ideation, sexual abuse, the Holocaust, antisemitism, and slavery. ![]()
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