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You learn by going where you have to go.
— Mia Farrow
You learn by going where you have to go.
I get it now. I didn't get it then. That life is about losing and about doing it as gracefully as possible...and enjoying everything in between.
Having such a large family can be challenging. I won't deny that. But they're just great kids so you just deal with everything. There's very few things in my life that I regret. If I could change anything, maybe I wish I had learnt and done certain things earlier. I would have liked to have continued in school longer. I would have been interested in living in Africa and perhaps trained as a pediatrician.
If you're brought up a Catholic and you've had 13 years of convent education with nuns, there's no way you ever get out from under that. I've accepted that fact about myself so there are certain things—like my lost saint—that sometimes are not so lost.
On this planet there are people who are suffering beyond description. They are innocent people, they didn’t bring this upon themselves. They are the victims of the sins of other people. And while it’s hard to see, it’s important to understand that these people exist. I’m talking to you now because they can’t and I hope to be a voice for them. They need support.
Rage and grief are savage companions, but despair is the final undoing.
I learned that you can't truly own anything, that true ownership comes only in the moment of giving.
