meaning in life that suffering can’t take away, but can even deepen; • a satisfaction that isn’t based on circumstances; • a freedom that doesn’t reduce community and relationships to thin transactions; • an identity that isn’t fragile or based on our performance or the exclusion of others; • a way both to deal with guilt and to forgive others without residual bitterness or shame; • a basis for seeking justice that does not turn us into oppressors ourselves; • a way to face not only the future, but death itself with poise and peace; and • an explanation for the senses of transcendent beauty
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