Answers

I know the answers are complicated and long. I know it’s also tempting to turn away. But I hope we don’t. I’ve learned in my lifetime that trying to outrun pain is fruitless. It always, always catches up to you. Trying to numb it also doesn’t work, and yet that’s what is happening. We are becoming numb to the violence that is all around us. We scroll past school shootings. We scroll past the violence engulfing our cities. Our social media platforms are rife with verbal violence thrown at each other. Our political disagreements are violent and threatening. People are dying from drug overdoses in record numbers from their pain. There is pain everywhere—in every home and on every street corner.

Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, as I know each of these pieces represents something…

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  1. Another true statement

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  2. Adelheid's avatar Adelheid says:

    Happy New Year!

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  3. This is an entire message. But what I’ve learned is that I have to not give some much to what’s going on because it can be a bit overwhelming for me. So, often times I’ll see stuff and simply say Lord help your people. Say a little prayer and move it. Because the cares of this life can be a bit much.

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