Reply #28: Tucker, this is a very hard conversation to have in a public place, but I'll try. [View All]

It's all right to be afraid. But in my experience (professional...I'm a shrink) the brain is conditioned to protect itself from harm by trying to do the impossible, predict the future. I won't say a single cavalier thing about facing death because you are in a way most of us are not right now. But I will say that when you can, try to be here now and not predict. In the end it doesn't matter, and we will all have an end.

Now, I don't happen to believe in a human-like deity but I do believe that you can use your worry to tell you what you want to do, to appreciate beauty and to revel in all healthy things and to realize that peace is peace, and reveling in it is nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, it is what I wish for you, when you can find it.

You are clearly someone who feels, and is brave enough to tell what you feel. I'm honored that you are sharing those feelings. It makes an impact in places you might never know.

I hear your name, Tucker. I hear it.