Before O’Connor knew for certain who she was and what she was good at, when she was struggling to learn this along with the craft of writing, she kept a prayer journal at school. In it, she wrote this prayer: “But dear God please give me some place, no matter how small, but let me know it and keep it. If I am the one to wash the second step everyday, let me know it and let me wash it and let my heart overflow with love washing it.”50 Humility is taking our place, no matter how small (or big), and fulfilling that place with a heart overflowing with love. The good life begins and ends with
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