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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>The Courage to Discover Self</title>
		<link>http://www.spiritualthingsmatter.com/2009/10/14/the-courage-to-discover-self/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Study the heart and the mind of man, and begin with your own.  Meditation and reflection must lay the foundation of that knowledge, but experience and practice must, and alone can, complete it. ~Lord Chesterfield
The older I become, the more I realize what is meant when I hear people say that youth is wasted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love&#8217;s Gift Through Pain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Viola Jaynes</dc:creator>
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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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