Feminist Studies, September 22nd, 2002
There is no dialogue but with myself. I talk to myself to deliver encouragement when I am weary, when I am in pain. "Come now," I say, "it's only a few more blocks. You can walk it easily. Being a little out of breath is good for you, increases aerobic capacity. Push on." I do. In the morning when the sciatic nerve pain is unbearable and I moan at the kitchen table and pick up my knee with both hands to bring it close to my chest, I say aloud, "It won't last long. You can bear anything that does not last long." I am right. It lasts till I take a warm bath after breakfast, and I am almost as ...
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