“We all attach things to our hearts, kind of like how I pinned those articles up on the back of my closet door or the way you covered your studio with paintings of me. We attach the things we value, the things we need, the things that make us brave in the face of fear. But maybe…maybe it’s only when our hearts are broken open that those things can fall inside. Maybe it’s only then that those things truly become part of us in a transformative sense, and because of it, we’re more able to understand and recognize pain in others. Perhaps that’s where real mercy comes from. And mercy in a world
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