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“It can be too sad here. We so often lose our way.”
― Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair
― Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair
“Ram Dass, who described himself as a Hin-Jew, said that ultimately we’re all just walking each other home. I love that. I try to live by it.”
― Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair
― Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair
“Some people have a thick skin and you don't. Your heart is really open and that is going to cause pain, but that is an appropriate response to this world.”
― Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair
― Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair
“I saw a button pin once that said: “I’m not tense. I’m just very, very alert.”
― Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair
― Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair
“These two things are almost all I want, but unfortunately, neither one is my strong suit. I am very strong on blame, and wish this were one of God's values, but trust, surrender? Letting go, forgiveness? Maybe just after a period of prayer, but then when the mood passes and real life rears its ugly head again? Not so much. I hate this, the fact that life is usually Chutes and Ladders, with no guaranteed gains.
I cannot will myself into having these qualities, so I have to pray for them more often, if I want to be happy. I have to create the habit, just as I had to do with daily writing, and flossing.”
― Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
I cannot will myself into having these qualities, so I have to pray for them more often, if I want to be happy. I have to create the habit, just as I had to do with daily writing, and flossing.”
― Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
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