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“What's shadow-sick?' she asked. 'You might call it 'heartsick' or 'soul-sick',' answered Anita. 'It happens when humans turn from face-to-face trust and let the darkness of death enter them. Thanks to Adam, we all have inherited shadow-sickness in our mortality. Resisting it is the war in which we are all engaged.' 'Is your colleague being guarded, then?' John asked. 'No, she is being companioned inside a community to the north,' Anita said. 'It is a guarding of sorts--but *for*, not *against*. The purpose is to help her turn once again toward life.' She addressed Lilly. 'We learned long ago that shadow-sickness feeds on isolation. So we take our stand against it by protecting relationships of intentional love and kindness.” DeathCommunityLonelinessDepressionShadowMental HealthIsolationHeartsick Book:Eve Source: Eve
“Mack, pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly." She waited a moment, allowing the words to settle. "And if it's left unresolved for very long, you can almost forget that you were ever created to fly in the first place.” LoveLifeGodHurtHealingBird Book:The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity Source: The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity