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We must pay attention to the voice that calls us out of the safety zone.

Elizabeth Lesser

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We can be the one to take the first courageous step toward the other and to do something or to try to do something other than rejection or attack. We can do this with our siblings and our mates and our friends and our colleagues. We can do this with the disconnection and the discord all around us.
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