Beautiful, life-giving, and heartbreaking experiences shape our imaginations. What takes root in our minds shapes what we see. Our imaginations become almost entirely formed by what we believe about ourselves and others; our lives soon become fully ordered around these realities. What we feed our imagination fills our arteries with adrenaline and hopeful delight, or leaves us lethargic and afraid. Some pursuits are so self-absorbing that many narrow their imagination down to a pinhole of loneliness. Pain and sorrow can be so overwhelming that we find damaging ways to avoid them. We become numb
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