Without using the word, everyone started forgiving each other again. J…

Anne Lamott
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Without using the word, everyone started forgiving each other again. Just like that, from the no of all nothingness: you have a big tense mess and out of it comes some joy. It must be magic. ✨ Anne Lamott (2000). Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, p.193, Anchor
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