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I write because I'm afraid to say some things out loud.
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Forgiveness does not always lead to a healed relationship. Some people are not capable of love, and it might be wise to let them go along with your anger. Wish them well, and let them go their way.
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We think having faith means being convinced God exists in the same way we are convinced a chair exists. People who cannot be completely convinced of God's existence think faith is impossible for them. Not so. People who doubt can have great faith because faith is something you do, not something you think. In fact, the greater your doubt the more heroic your faith.
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It really doesn't matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on.
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Love the ones you can. Touch the ones you can reach. Let the others go.
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When you really trust someone, you have to be okay with not understanding some things.
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This is the challenge of writing. You have to be very emotionally engaged in what you're doing, or it comes out flat. You can't fake your way through this.
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Forgiveness is the healing of wounds caused by another. You choose to let go of a past wrong and no longer be hurt by it. Forgiveness is a strong move to make, like turning your shoulders sideways to walk quickly on a crowded sidewalk. It's your move.
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It's not foresight or hindsight we need. We need sight, plain and simple. We need to see what is right in front of us.
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When someone allows you to bear his burdens, you have found deep friendship.
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You can forget a lot of things, but you cannot forget a woman's name and claim to love her.
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There isn't much better in this life than finding a way to spend a few hours in conversation with people you respect and love. You have to carve this time out of your life because you aren't really living without it.
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Good writing takes more than just time; it wants your best moments and the best of you.
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This isn't good or bad. It's just the way of things. Nothing stays the same.
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I have been truthful all along the way. The truth is more interesting, and if you tell the truth you never have to cover your tracks.
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You can pray for someone even if you don't think God exists.
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Integrity combined with faithfulness is a powerful force and worthy of great respect.
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When life seems chaotic, you don't need people giving you easy answers or cheap promises. There might not be any answers to your problems. What you need is a safe place where you can bounce with people who have taken some bad hops of their own.
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Doubting God's existence is okay and perfectly acceptable within Christianity as long as the person doubting remains obedient and committed to the Christian path.
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Memory is a giggling sprite and will not be tamed. She takes flight the moment the present becomes the past.
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I'm searching through all that has ever been hoped, in praise of what can never be known.
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I think people want their illusions and writers are mostly illusion. When you read their words, you read a flattened, incomplete version of the writer.
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You can't love anyone until you understand that you can't love everyone.
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One thing is clear to me. You can't know everything you'd like to know. You can't do everything you'd like to do. You can't read everything you'd like to read. You must hold onto some things and let go of others. Learning to make that choice is one of the big lessons of this life.
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And so faith is closing your eyes and following the breath of your soul down to the bottom of life, where existence and nonexistence have merged into irrelevance. All that matters is the little part you play in the vast drama.
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