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Although the life of a person is in a land of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God. – Pope Francis At the end of this month, I will celebrate my sixty-ninth birthday. Thirty-three years ago, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.…
Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the foundation upon which more can be built. Where trust is, love can flourish. – Barbara Smith I was born with a trusting nature. I believed that trust was an inherent part of every human being’s character: a gift…
Mercy is the force that reawakens us to new life and instills in us the courage to look to the future with hope. – Pope Francis I often think of things I have done or said, or failed to do and say, that were cruel, inhumane, or unkind and wounded another in some way. I…
Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us. – Charlotte Bronte When I was thirty-six-years-old, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder; four years later, cerebellitis was added to my medical history. Either illness, standing alone,…