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We stitch together quilts of meaning to keep us warm and safe, with whatever patches of beauty and utility we have on hand.

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Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right.

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Intelligence, goodness, humanity, excitement, serenity. Over time, these are the things that change the musculature of your face, as do laughter, and ...more

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Lies cannot nourish or protect you. Only freedom from fear, freedom from lies, can make us beautiful, and keep us safe.

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Most of us don’t notice how great we look until years, even decades later. Not long ago, I was looking at photos of myself at various ages and weights...more

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He lost the great big outward thing, the good- looking package, and the real parts endured. They shine through like crazy, the brillian mind and humor...more

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It gets darker and darker, and then Jesus is born.” That line came back to me, from out of nowhere, and I decided to practice radical hope, hope in th...more

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Why couldn't Jesus command us to obsess over everything, to try to control and manipulate people, to try not to breathe at all, or to pay attention, s...more

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For too long, and despite what people told me, I had fallen for what the culture said about beauty, youth, features, heights, weights, hair textures, ...more

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If you don't die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn for, or you can do the beauty ...more