I trust, and I recognize the beneficence of the power which we all wor…

Helen Keller
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I trust, and I recognize the beneficence of the power which we all worship as supreme- Order, Fate, the Great Spirit, Nature, God. I recognize this power in the sun that makes all things grow and keeps life afoot. I make a friend of this indefinable force…this is my religion of optimism. ✨ Helen Keller (2012). Optimism, p.6, Simon and Schuster
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