C.M. RayneWar is a big word; it’s cruel, it’s hard, nobody wants that. Protecting yourself sounds much better. Putting up walls, shutting everyone out. And forgetting that those who you are so afraid of–they’re not all that different from you.
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In the book, The First Phone Call from Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of a man who has a heart attack and suddenly dies. After he dies, he is shown a bright light and asked if he wants to go to heaven. The man answers that he does want to go to heaven, but that he doesn’t want God’s son to come down and judge him. Instead, the man asks God’s son to just give him one more thing. He says that he wants to know why his son took his life.
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