Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't ma…

Anne Lamott
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ✨ Anne Lamott (2013). Help: The First Essential Prayer, p.11, Hachette UK
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ✨ Anne Lamott (2013). Help: The First Essential Prayer, p.11, Hachette UK

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