Consider Elie Wiesel, who turned his experience of the Holocaust into an existential journey that made him one of the greatest writers and healers of our time. Or Mahatma Gandhi, who chose peaceful protest in the midst of leading the Indian independence movement. Or Leymah Gbowee, who bore witness to the worst of humanity and helped bring Liberia out of a horrific civil war through women’s leadership. What all these heroes share is a willingness to perceive their circumstances with love. Fear would have led them to violence and death. Love led them to rise above the perceptions of darkness and
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