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@SophiaCycles Moore: “...tolerate the full weight of human possibility as the raw material for an alchemical, soulful life...have the spiritual radiance of the holy fool who has dared to live life as it presents itself & to unfold personality with its heavy yet creative dose of imperfection.”

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 24 Nov 2021

“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."

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Quoted by@pauljpastor If we're honest, the alchemy of learning to love well, isn't it? "If you are willing to bear serenely the trial of being displeasing to yourself, then you will be for Jesus a pleasant place of shelter." - Thérèse de Lisieux