"To listen is to lean in softly
With a willingness to be changed
By what we hear." --Mark Nepo
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- Jeff White
- Erie, CO, United States
- Parent and LGBTQ+ ally. To decry evil is far from doing good. "When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice." Cherokee proverb "Live your life so that your children can tell their children that you not only stood for something wonderful - you acted on it." Dan Zandra
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- "In our world today, God's vision means our neighb...
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- "I sought my soul, But my soul I could not see.I s...
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