02868 – “Hymn for the Hurting”

Everything hurts,Our hearts shadowed and strange,Minds made muddied and mute.We carry tragedy, terrifying and true.And yet none of it is new;We knew it as home,As horror,As heritage.Even our childrenCannot be children,Cannot be. Everything hurts.It’s a hard time to be...

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02660 – It’s Okay…

It's okay to grieve and hope at the same time.It's okay to exhale all of your loss and sadness and pain and feel an aching emptiness words cannot express.And it's okay, in the very next breath, to inhale joy and expectation and assurance with all the strength you...

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02613 – Liberty or Death?

There was one of two things I had a right to: liberty or death; If I could not have one, I would take the other, for no man should take me alive…----------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: There was one of two things I had a right to:...

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02466 – What the World Needs Most

We have a tendency to think in terms of doing and not in terms of being. We think that when we are not doing anything we are wasting our time. But that is not true. Our time is first of all for us to be. To be what? To be alive, to be peaceful, to be joyful, to be...

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02465 – Need to Borrow My Hope?

Hope is an expectation of good that is yet to be.It's an expression of the present alive with a sense of the possible.I try to find hope.And I share my hope with others who may need to borrow it. from 365 Days of Understanding Your Grief

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