It’s ridiculous, but I think most people would rather try to take pleasure in something pitiful and degrading and self-destructive than sit still and accept grace. Sometimes the best we can do is make the choice to act as if this life is a gift. That honors God. And if we make a practice of it, a practice of defying our anxiety and depression by getting out of bed and just giving a few moments of silent prayer of thanks for this life that maybe we still loathe—that pleases God. It gives hope to people you don’t even know. In time you’ll start to feel it, too, and if you don’t, at least you did
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