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“To that one soul reading this, I know you're tired. You're fed up. You're on the verge of snapping like an over-stressed rubber band. But guess what? There’s a badass strength within you, even when you feel weak. Keep fighting. You're tougher than you give yourself credit for, and this hard time is just a chapter, not the whole story. So, take a deep breath, channel your inner warrior, stand tall and keep pushing forward. You've got this, superstar!”

“Wakati Yuda ikiongozwa na kiongozi mzuri na mwenye haki kama Yosia, taifa lilistawi. Lakini ilipokuwa chini ya mwovu Manase, taifa lilisambaratika. Katika karne hii, Uingereza ilipata msukosuko mkubwa mwaka 1936 juu ya uamuzi wa Edward VIII kuoa mwanamke wa Kimarekani aliyekuwa mtalaka Wallis Simpson. Uamuzi huo ulisababisha matatizo makubwa ya kikatiba, na nusura serikali ya Uingereza ijiuzuru. Hata hivyo, kaka yake mdogo, George VI, kwa mapenzi makubwa na nchi yake, huku akikataa katakata kuondoka London wakati wa Vita Kuu ya Pili ya Dunia, aliliongoza taifa hilo katika kipindi kigumu zaidi kuliko vyote katika historia ya Uingereza. Kanuni hii ya uongozi ina ukweli katika jambo lolote kubwa na hata dogo la ujasiri.”

“Christ did not descend from the cross except into the grave. And why not otherwise? Wouldn’t it have put fine comical expressions on the faces of the scribes and chief priests and the soldiers if at that moment He had come down in power and glory? Why didn’t He do it? Why hasn’t He done it at any one of a thousand good times between then and now? I knew the answer. I knew it a long time before I could admit it, for all the suffering of the world is in it. He didn’t, He hasn’t, because from the moment He did, He would be the absolute tyrant of the world and we would be His slaves. Even those who hated Him and hated one another and hated their own souls would have to believe in Him then. From that moment the possibility that we might be bound to Him and He to us and us to one another by love forever would be ended. And so, I thought, He must forebear to reveal His power and glory by presenting Himself as Himself, and must be present only in the ordinary miracle of the existence of His creatures. Those who wish to see Him must see Him in the poor, the hungry, the hurt, the wordless creatures, the groaning and travailing beautiful world.”