“So I'm trying, instead of shaming or pretending, to come to terms with my emotions, and bring them before God honestly. I have come to realize that I'm never going to stop having emotions, and probably strong emotions, because that is the way I'm wired.”
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“She was the river, and the river had nothing to be ashamed of.”
“Stop breaking your own heart by exaggerating your place in other people's lives.”
“He who talks with his actions will achieve much more than he who talks with his mouth.”
“In order to love who you are, you cannot hate the experiences that shaped you.”