In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I'm ofte…

Evelyn Underhill
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In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I'm often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted to be cold and indifferent. Yet I know that this is a test if I could take it rightly. ✨ Evelyn Underhill (2011). Fragments from an Inner Life: The Notebooks of Evelyn Underhill, p.94, Wipf and Stock Publishers
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