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When we allow our hearts to break, we allow reality to enter and seep right through our veiled existence. We allow space for knowledge and understand the need to silence our thoughts and ideas about the world so that we can finally listen to what’s really being said.

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At any given moment, we are all collectively having some form of this experience. Life is beautiful and joyous and thrilling and at times gut-wrenching and heartbreaking and indescribably sad.

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While the training I received was important, it was the people I was lucky enough to meet that truly made the biggest impact.

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We are each fighting our own little battle. Some of us hide it a little better than others.

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You give to the best of your ability when you’re tired but generous. You always seem to be the one who gives a part of yourself selflessly to someone.

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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.