Thus, when you wake up in the morning, called by God to be a self agai…

Frederick Buechner
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Thus, when you wake up in the morning, called by God to be a self again, if you want to know who you are, watch your feet. Because where your feet take you, that is who you are. ✨ Frederick Buechner (1970). The alphabet of grace
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Thus, when you wake up in the morning, called by God to be a self again, if you want to know who you are, watch your feet. Because where your feet take you, that is who you are. ✨ Frederick Buechner (1970). The alphabet of grace

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