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First Step

When pain seems to choke you
Be a child
When you feel attacked and dominated
Be a child
When you are not understood
Be a child
When nothing seems to make you happy
Be a child
And then,
When you see yourself not being nice to others
Be a child
When anger comes into your voice
Be a child
When sweetness deserts your eyes
Be a child
Freed from all [...]

                                   
To be able to love material things, to clothe them with tender grace, and yet not be attached to them, this is a great service.
Providence expects that we should make this world our own, and not to live in it as though it was a rented tenement. We can only make it our own [...]

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