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When you understand what pain feels like, you gain the capacity to become an incredibly empathetic and understanding person. You’re able to relate on a deeper level because you’ve been there.

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A person who has never felt love from another will not understand how to love someone. Someone who has never experienced happiness will fall short of fulfilling their own.

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You feel one another’s pain and share their joy because what you feel within is also active in others.

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Lord, please forgive me for being so blind to see that You carried me through all my rough seas and never left me.

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Everyone’s story has value, and even if we don’t fully comprehend the narrative, it doesn’t make it any less precious.

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No matter what has happened to you, no matter what the events were that led you up to today, it’s important to be kind.

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When I see or hear people who deride and judge those struggling with the enormous monster of addiction, I often feel the need to remind them that no one says, “I want to be a drug addict when I grow up.”

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I am human and my humanity is love; as all good things stem from it. 

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What if the only difference between heaven and hell was choosing to help other people in need?

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Loving yourself is not only doing what’s right for you, but doing what gives you happiness, drive and life.