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Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.


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You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.



What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?

What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?



Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will.

Whatever happens to you belongs to you. Make it yours. Feed it to yourself even if it feels impossible to swallow. Let it nurture you, because it will.



The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that.

The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that.



You have to say I am forgiven again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself.

You have to say I am forgiven again and again until it becomes the story you believe about yourself.



That my complicated life could be made so simple was astounding.

That my complicated life could be made so simple was astounding.



Real love moves freely in both directions. Don't waste your time on anything else.

Real love moves freely in both directions. Don't waste your time on anything else.



Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it.

Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it.



Love is our essential nutrient. Without it, life has little meaning. It's the best thing we have to give and the most valuable thing we receive. It's worthy of all the hullabaloo.

Love is our essential nutrient. Without it, life has little meaning. It's the best thing we have to give and the most valuable thing we receive. It's worthy of all the hullabaloo.



Self-pity is a dead-end road. You make the choice to drive down it. It's up to you to decide to stay parked there or to turn around and drive out.

Self-pity is a dead-end road. You make the choice to drive down it. It's up to you to decide to stay parked there or to turn around and drive out.





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