I don't want to speak for others but it seems fair to say that no one enjoys being disappointed. I received some disappointing news yesterday. The content of the news didn't affect me directly but I felt sadness for the person it did affect. I know my tendency to take on the feelings of others, at times, and I am working to refrain from doing that. I am also working to remember all of the pearls of wisdom I have heard over the last forty years: that whatever happens is part of the divine unfolding of one's life. That no door closes without another door o[...]
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