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Choosing the Beautiful Stuff
Can you choose joy — even when life makes it hard?
Anita Tang has known Carolyn Campbell McLean since she was a social work student on placement — sunny, determined, and impossible not to admire. Living with a progressive disability since childhood, Carolyn has faced challenges that might have left others bitter. What Anita sees as extraordinary courage, Carolyn experiences as a daily choice to focus on the beautiful stuff.