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Confessions of a World-Weary Pilgrim
Those of you who know me, know that I tend to focus on the positive. Partly, it is simply my nature and partly it’s because I believe it is better for all of us to choose joy. But there are other reasons. One is: I cannot hold too much pain. If I were to try, I know that one problem too many stuffed into this human frame would cause deep ruptures and, like a volcano, my heart would split at the seams pouring forth all this red hot molten lava. That may sound terribly melodramatic, but I can think of no other metaphor that feels so apt. This world is…