Aging does not need to be hidden or denied, but can be understood, aff…

Henri Nouwen
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Aging does not need to be hidden or denied, but can be understood, affirmed and experienced as a process of growth by which the mystery of life is slowly revealed to us. ✨ Henri J. M. Nouwen (1976). Aging, Image
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