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Listening to the audiobook and I walked 4 miles today so.. made some headway

In the book Ernaux writes about how reading through what she wrote about her and obsession for A produces the same emotions as seeing his bathrobe, the difference is that her words might mean something to someone else - someone who has experienced the same feelings - while the bathrobe will only ever mean something to her.

This book moved me greatly, I am one of the people she imagined who has felt what she's felt

In Forgiveness! A Bold Choice for a Peaceful Heart, Robin Casarjian explains: "Forgiveness is a way of life that gradually transforms us from being helpless victims of our circumstances to being powerful and loving 'co-creators' of our reality"

"The will to sacrifice on behalf of another, always present when there is love, is annihilated by greed. No doubt this explains our nation's willingness to deprive poor citizens of government-funded social services while huge sums of money fuel the ever-growing culture of violent imperialism."

listening to the audiobook at work