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You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others.

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Within every hopeless situation and every seemingly hopeless person lies the possibility of transformation
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It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.
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A very important but difficult piece of renewing relationships is accepting responsibility for our part in any conflict.
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Out of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order.
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God is transforming the world now–through us–because God loves us.
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A person is a person through other persons; you can’t be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships.
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We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
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There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.
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Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.
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Dear Child of God, I write these words because we all experience sadness, we all come at times to despair, and we all lose hope that the suffering in our lives and in the world will ever end.
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Much depends on your attitude. If you are filled with negative judgment and anger, then you will feel separate from other people. You will feel lonely.
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Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.
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We have hardship without becoming hard. We have heartbreaks without being broken.
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When we see others as separate, they become a threat. When we see others as part of us, as connected, as interdependent, then there is no challenge we cannot face—together.
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I wish I could shut up, but I can’t, and I won’t.
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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
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