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4/ This, then, is the secret kernel to be unearthed in ordeal. “The places we suffer are eventually places of beauty, where limitation and damage, rather than remaining forces that cripple, are revealed as transfiguration.” - John O'Donohue

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Quoted by“Inconsistencies, imperfections, and failures to live up to ideals are all part of what it means to be human. The richness of being human lies precisely in our lack of perfection—the source of so much of our longing, out of which emerges so much creativity, beauty, and goodness."Quoted by3/ One supernal river, yes. Eternal beauty.