In 2020, when COVID struck, I had an unusual experience. For the first time in my life, I experienced what a lot of Americans experience: anxiety. I’m not disposed towards anxiety. I’m not wired that way.
But as COVID was unfolding, and you were hearing all kinds of things about mortality rates, one of the early pieces of data I saw was that folks with solid organ transplants were dying from COVID at about 30%. I have a kidney transplant. In 2006, my wife gave me one of her kidneys. That terrified me. I found myself really anxious for the first time in my life. The truth is, I became convinced that I probably was going to die from COVID, and these dark thoughts took over.
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Here’s the Spotify playlist the Bishop mentions.