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I think many people need, even require, a narrative version of their life. I seem to be one of them. Writing memoir is, in some ways, a work of wholeness.
Sue Monk Kidd
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Sue Monk Kidd
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: August 12
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So few people know what they're capable of.
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Sometimes I didn't even feel like getting out of bed. I took to wearing my days-of-the-week panties out of order. It could be Monday and I'd have on underwear saying Thursday. I just didn't care.
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Sometimes, in order to say yes to what matters most, I must say no to good things.
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I could even feel how perishable all my moments really were, how all my life they had come to me begging to be lived, to be cherished even.
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I believe in the goodness of imagination.
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Unraveling external selves and coming home to our real identity is the true meaning of soul work.
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Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and its accessible to all of us, but we have to give ourselves the opportunity to identify, to plunge ourselves in a story where we see the world from the bottom up or through anothers eyes or heart.
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What's wrong with living in a dream world? You have to wake up.
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So I taught Sunday school and brought dishes to all manner of potlucks and tried to adjust the things I heard from the pulpit to my increasingly incongruent faith.
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Journal became a sanctuary where I could pour out in honesty my pain and joy. It recorded my footsteps and helped me understand where I was standing, where I had been, and even where God pointed.
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I eventually found that the soul is more than an immortal commodity to win and save. It is the repository of the inner divine, the truest part of us.
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We become what we pay attention to.
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Nobody should go through life without falling in love.
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Sometimes you want to fall on your knees and thank God in heaven for all the poor news reporting that goes on in the world.
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We walked along the river with the words streaming behind us like ribbons in the night.
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I didn't know then what I wanted, but the ache for it was palpable.
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Now and then sprays of rain flew over and misted our faces. Every time I refused to wipe away the wetness. It made the world seem so alive to me. I couldn't help but envy the way a good storm got everyone's attention.
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You can go other places, all right - you can live on the other side of the world, but you can't ever leave home
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You have to know when to prod and when to be quiet, when to let things take their course.
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I wished she'd been smart enough, or loving enough, to realize everybody has burdens that crush them, only they don't give up their children.
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