« Early on, therefore, life was announced as a struggle. The first years of my life, I dedicated them to the correction of the beast, to the adaptation of a reticent body. The long sequence of its dysfunctions required a thousand efforts, it was necessary to use soul and body ... to reach the next day safely. Often the irremediable was gaining ground, often it seemed to annihilate the present. Every morning, the fight started again, the strategies were refined. A formidable and recognized obstacle, hostile resignation was outlawed. No trick, no effort could be spared. Far from saddening me, the struggle to be delivered without truce and unexpectedly delivers an authentic joy that I invariably found with the comrades around me. Supporting the morale of this singular troupe, the jubilation crowned and turned into triumph all progress, all success, even the most insignificant. (...) Curious paradox: often the most precarious situations have to fight. Forbidding passivity, they incite challenge. »
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Alexandre Jollien
The Man's Job |
Alexandre Jollien
The Man's Job
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« Of course, disability and deprivation exist. But I think they are aggravated and become even more painful as soon as I compare myself to my neighbour (...). The way of my life is to accept or rather to welcome my whole being, without rejecting anything from him. Find beauty, joy, where they give themselves: in this body, in this being, in this life and not in a dreamed, idealized life. »
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Alexandre Jollien
Small Treatise on Abandonment: Thoughts to Welcome Life as It Proposes |
Alexandre Jollien
Small Treatise on Abandonment: Thoughts to Welcome Life as It Proposes
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« The adversities encountered constitute a soil on which existence will be built. Without blaming those who are struggling, let us just refer to these biographies that remind us that nothing is ever lost »
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Alexandre Jollien
The Man's Job |
Alexandre Jollien
The Man's Job
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