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How prolonged suffering blurs the line between acceptance and despair

My chronic illness has either taught me to surrender or completely broken my capacity for hope and I honestly can't tell which.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Pain becomes both teacher and destroyer, making wisdom indistinguishable from defeat.

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“Where Are You with Belief and doubt as companions?”

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