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	<description>"He who learns must suffer.  And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the   heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God." ~Aeschylus, Agamemnon</description>
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		<title>Show Your Wound</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self-Acceptance]]></category>
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Show your wound with your own tenderness
Know that tossed decay will rot in dark seclusion.
Fear must no longer be the guest that hides within
Healing&#8217;s desire is gently knocking on your door.
Show your wound oh lovely soul
Not to me and not to them.
But show it now to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love&#8217;s Gift Through Pain</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Love cannot exist without pain.  ~The Anchoress
The Anchoress wrote a post that so deeply moved me and it spurred me on to write on this topic myself.
This time of the year, one cannot help but reflect again on the most profound love-gift that has ever been given to man-kind.  It is a gift, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Time To Reflect</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some things do matter.  Every year gives birth to blessings, little acts of thoughtfulness, devotion, courage and self-sacrifice.  Smiles unexpected and unmasked for.  Silent hard-won victories over evil&#8230;  Such blessings change lives, and one generation passes them along to the next.  On this final day of the year, why not [...]]]></description>
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