Most of us live in a fog. It's like life is a movie we arrived to 20 minutes late. You know something important seems to be going on. But we can't figure out the story. We don't know what part we're supposed to play or what the plot is.
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John Eldredge Quote
“Validation comes to us in two ways: through trials we overcome, and through the words of older men.”
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