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Alex is Currently Reading

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It's Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn: A Parent's Guide to Helping Children and Teens Develop Sexual Integrity

by Greta Eskridge (Goodreads Author)

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The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

by Jonathan Freedland

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Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)

by C.S. Lewis

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Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story) by Daniel Nayeri

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But just cause they don’t have something in English doesn’t mean they don’t have it in England, know what I mean?

This sentence cleverly and succinctly describes so much about the life we live!

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Evan

Can you explain? I don't get it even after trying to get it 3 times 😆😆

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Alex

It makes more sense in context! In this specific example, he’s talking about when his Persian grandmother moved to England. She could change her appearance and stop talking about her previous life and…

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Evan

Ah very interesting concept, and true. Some cultures have a background mental terrain or set of experiences which push them to make words for these universal experiences, and others not. Thanks!!

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Alex’s Quotes

“Failure is just part of the process, and it's not just okay; it's better than okay. God doesn't want failure to shut us down. God didn't make it a three-strikes-and-you're-out sort of thing. It's more about how God helps us dust ourselves off so we can swing for the fences again. And all of this without keeping a meticulous record of our screw-ups.”
― Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

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“When you trust someone, you don't need to know everything.”
― Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

tags: faith, inspirational, love, love-does, planning, trust

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“So it is that the small things are the big things, and the tiny routines run the deepest.”
― Justin Whitmel Earley, Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms

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“I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I'm more afraid of succeeding at things that don't matter.”
― Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

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“Meaning to send a thank-you note but then not doing it is exactly the same as never thinking to send one -- that person is still receiving zero thank you notes.”
― Kelly Williams Brown, Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps

tags: thank-you, thank-you-notes

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