What If Hope Doesn't Help?

It does, but we can't always rely on external sources of hope to be okay

When my fiancé and partner, Jehangeer, was alive, he often brought wise insights into my life, and I didn’t always like it in the moment even if it proved helpful later on.

He was a brilliant psychiatrist and almost nine years older than me. He was also a deeply empathetic and caring person, thoughtful and curious about human beings, and all those things…