I've wondered, though, if one of the reasons we fail to acknowledge the brilliance of life is because we don't want the responsibility inherent in the acknowledgment. We don't want to be characters in a story because characters have to move and breathe and face conflict with courage. And if life isn't remarkable, then we don't have to do any of that; we can be unwilling victims instead of grateful participants. β¨ Donald Miller (2009). A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life, p.59, Thomas Nelson Inc
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