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For too long, and despite what people told me, I had fallen for what the culture said about beauty, youth, features, heights, weights, hair textures, ...more

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If you don't die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn for, or you can do the beauty ...more

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We stitch together quilts of meaning to keep us warm and safe, with whatever patches of beauty and utility we have on hand.

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Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right.

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Intelligence, goodness, humanity, excitement, serenity. Over time, these are the things that change the musculature of your face, as do laughter, and ...more

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[Jesus is] saying that we could be aware of, filled with, and saved by the presence of holy beauty, rather than worship golden calves.

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Lies cannot nourish or protect you. Only freedom from fear, freedom from lies, can make us beautiful, and keep us safe.

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A nun I know once told me she kept begging God to take her character defects away from her. After years of this prayer, God finally got back to her: I...more

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Most of us don’t notice how great we look until years, even decades later. Not long ago, I was looking at photos of myself at various ages and weights...more