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Chapter One
upbeat plus mysticism meets chick.. a pleasant positive story of four women growing and taking charge. very tidy.
She wasn’t suicidal exactly, but she didn’t leap out of bed every morning waiting to greet the day. Well, maybe she was a little depressed. Everything took so much effort.
something—some fear, some shortcoming, some problem. And some people had multiples in each area. The problems were what made people human beings—they fostered compassion and encouraged growth. What would be the point if everyone was perfect?
if you had at least one person who believed in you, you could tolerate almost anything.
If someone offers you something out of the kindness of their heart, and you need that something, you really have to take it.”
When you pared away the stuff of life—the obligations, the irritations, the illnesses, and pain—this connection, this love, was all that really mattered.
When you were responsible for someone else, you couldn’t be completely self-absorbed.
