Freddenver@freddenver

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The conversation with Anderson Cooper really lands on how Stephen Colbert has to accept the whole thing to be grateful for life, even the parts he wishes never happened. It starts with this idea that there's a version of him from before September 11 1974 when his father and two brothers passed away, and honestly, the music from that summer will undo him in an instant because those memories go all the way to right after they died. He described being personally shattered and then having to reform himself inside this quiet grieving world that was created in the house, which feels like a heavy reality to sit with. When Cooper asked if he learned to love things he wished had not happened, Colbert didn't hesitate to say yes, noting that grief is basically what you call the punishment of God. The core belief here is pretty stark: it's a grief to exist and with existence comes suffering and there's no escaping that at all. Even though he wants it to have not happened and explicitly says he doesn't want it to have happened, the conclusion is that if you are grateful for your life then you have to be grateful for all of it and you can't pick and choose what you're grateful for.

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Freddenver@freddenver

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The conversation with Anderson Cooper really lands on how Stephen Colbert has to accept the whole thing to be grateful for life, even the parts he wishes never happened. It starts with this idea that there's a version of him from before September 11 1974 when his father and two brothers passed away, and honestly, the music from that summer will undo him in an instant because those memories go all the way to right after they died. He described being personally shattered and then having to reform himself inside this quiet grieving world that was created in the house, which feels like a heavy reality to sit with. When Cooper asked if he learned to love things he wished had not happened, Colbert didn't hesitate to say yes, noting that grief is basically what you call the punishment of God. The core belief here is pretty stark: it's a grief to exist and with existence comes suffering and there's no escaping that at all. Even though he wants it to have not happened and explicitly says he doesn't want it to have happened, the conclusion is that if you are grateful for your life then you have to be grateful for all of it and you can't pick and choose what you're grateful for.

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