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“Every state of life, every decision, includes some pain that must be accepted if you are to enter fully into those decisions, and into new life. “All symphonies remain unfinished,” said Karl Rahner. There is no perfect decision, perfect outcome, or perfect life. Embracing imperfection helps us relax into reality. When we accept that all choices are conditional, limited, and imperfect, our lives become, paradoxically, more satisfying, joyful, and peaceful.”
― James Martin, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life

“You have what we in France call ‘good time teeth,’” she said. “Why on earth would you want to change them?” “Um, because I can floss with the sash to my bathrobe?”
― David Sedaris, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

“All work has dignity. No job, when done freely, is ignoble.”
― James Martin, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life

“To not try, to give up on the possibility that we can make a difference, can make the difference, is to give up on our past, on our complicated, difficult, but victorious past. Donald Trump is not our final, or ultimate, problem. The problem is, instead, allowing hopelessness to steal our joyful triumph before we work hard enough to achieve it.”
― Michael Eric Dyson, Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America