The unexpected thing that happens when you begin to pay attention to obituaries is that you create the opportunity to find inspiration from others who you would have never known, or even know of...

This statement about Julie's fight with cancer and the inextinguishable flame of hope is powerful, moving, and a great example of what I'm talking about.

-John

“Cancer crushes hope, leaving a wasteland of grief, depression, despair and a sense of unending futility,” she wrote in 2014, adding: “Hope is a funny thing, though. It seems to have a life and will of its own that I cannot control through the sheer force of my mind. It is irrepressible, its very existence inextricably tied to our very spirit, its flame, no matter how weak, not extinguishable.”

Source: Julie Yip-Williams, Writer of Candid Blog on Cancer, Dies at 42 - The New York Times