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"But, in the lapse of the toilsome, thoughtful, and self-devoted years that made up Hester’s life, the scarlet letter ceased to be a stigma which attracted the world’s scorn and bitterness, and became a type of something to be sorrowed over, and looked upon with awe, yet with reverence too. And, as Hester Prynne had no selfish ends, nor lived in any measure for her own profit and enjoyment, people brought all their sorrows and perplexities, and besought her counsel, as one who had herself gone through a mighty trouble. Women, more especially,—in the continually recurring trials of wounded, wasted, wronged, misplaced, or erring and sinful passion,—or with the dreary burden of a heart unyielded, because unvalued and unsought,—came to Hester’s cottage, demanding why they were so wretched, and what the remedy! Hester comforted and counselled them, as best she might. She assured them, too, of her firm belief, that, at some brighter period, when the world should have grown ripe for it, in Heaven’s own time, a new truth would be revealed, in order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness." From The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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"To let go of the past is to be free of the emotional constraints captured by the mind. Such letting go is possible if there is a greater force—God—pulling us ahead. We may not be able to forget the past but we can forgive wrongdoing if we trust that we are loved by a power greater than ourselves. Surrender to this power means loving in the present moment and openness to future life. We love not to correct the past but to create a new future. Forgiveness is an act of creative freedom and is radically novel when we give out of an abundance of goodness for the sake of a new future. We evolve to never stop evolving—this is the deepest truth of our reality. Life begins anew each time we love because God is ever newness in love. To let go and surrender to the creative will of God is to be part of the dynamism of divine love, forever participating in the newness of life unto the greater fullness of life. For this reason, as Beatrice Bruteau writes, 'creativity may be the real interior meaning of the act of faith.'" -Ilia Delio, The Hours of the Universe

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your life is not on hold, this is your life!! every day is all there is!!!

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"There is no ending of life in God, only beginning; thus life will always be more than what we can imagine, even in eternity." -Ilia Delio, The Hours of the Universe

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"A mysterious veil covered the fields just harvested, and the gentle hills of New York State seemed grateful for the moist air and showed themselves in a new beauty. I felt happy and grateful and kept thinking an old thought: I wished that all my friends who I love so much could see and feel what I see and feel today. But I know they never will. On this earth the experience of great beauty always remains mysteriously linked with the experience of great loneliness. This reminds me again that there is still a beauty I have not seen yet: the beauty that does not create loneliness but unity." -Henri Nouwen, The Genesee Diary

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"If you already possess the lemons of social rejection, you might as well make a really odd lemonade." -Olga Khazan

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there is no outcome, only eternal unfolding

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From True Grit by Charles Portis. How to describe how funny this was?!

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"After a while they stopped saying, 'Look at the generous man' and started saying, 'Look at him. He has nothing. Let's feed him.' ... Around the fires, in homes, by the roadside, we heard stories. Some beautiful; many sad. Of loss. Of sickness. Of loneliness. The things we all have in common."

From The Diary of Jesus Christ by Bill Cain SJ.

Happy Easter 2025 <3

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April 13, 1913 Letters to Felice by Franz Kafka First published : 1973

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From Lab Girl by Hope Jahren.

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GET READY FOR...

SEABOUND! A LOCKED TOMB UNIVERSE SURVIVAL ADVENTURE AND HOUSE IDENTIFICATION TOOL

You and a couple of your friends, if you have any, are on a boat in the ocean. Why are you here? Is this even relevant in the universe? Who cares. This ocean’s purpose is to help you pick… your true House identity.

Luckily, on this magical survival journey you have the opportunity to pick items to help you. You may salvage five items of the fifteen I am about to list under the cut. These items will be the key to who you are, secretly, on the inside. You’re probably going to die, but at least you will know who you are, which has to be some kind of comfort, right

These items will score you points with one or more Houses. Once you have made your selection, read the guide, tally your points, and discover… Yourself!!!!

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From Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir. Instant! Favorite!! Books!!!

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"In a more properly brought-up young lady, obsessive identification with a woman who careered around the Midwest in stolen eight-cylinder automobiles spraying bullets at lawmen would have been strange, and worthy of note. But in Dawn the same symptoms were pretty banal. If she were going to be a woman of mystery with hidden contradictions, she would have to reach deeper into what passed for her psyche."

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"Like so much else in the Soviet Union these looked to have been thrown together in a day by men with guns to their heads."

From Polostan by Neal Stephenson

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From How to Walk into a Room by Emily P. Freeman.

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From Jellyfish Have No Ears by Adèle Rosenfeld.

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From Jellyfish Have No Ears by Adèle Rosenfeld.

Twenty years ago in school, I really hated Geography and having to explain how oxbow lakes are formed. Today, I was inexplicably euphoric at seeing the words "oxbow lake" in the wild for the first time! Geography is still boring to me but language is amazing!