Ranjay Gulati

I would describe her as an epitome of courage because she was dealing with so much uncertainty because there was no clear treatment plan.

You can do this, you can do that.

Surgery, radiation, chemo, this maybe on the one hand, on the other.

I don't know.

It's too big.

Let's try to shrink it.

Let's try this first.

Let's try that first.

And how she had to navigate this uncertainty in her life.

And till the very end, in Buddhism, they say, you know, the biggest fear is fear of death.

So you're confronting your mortality and how do you do it with grace?

Without reading my book, I think she relied on connections for support.

She did comprehension by trying to get more information slowly to understand it.

She relied on coping.

a belief in some higher power, of a higher force, right?

So I think part of the issue, I think, is the word courage is out there as a lofty word.

It's for the heroic characters out there who do incredible things to save the world.

And I think part of the hope I have

is we make courage part of our daily vocabulary.

I am courageous.