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Life Is Messy
by Matthew Kelly
Short reflections written after Kelly's own hard season: the mess is not the exception, the question is what it makes of us. Honest and fragmentary.
Read it if…
you are in a mess and want company rather than a plan.
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Skip it if…
you want a system.
Try instead: The Shepherd's Guide Through the Valley →
Three things you will actually use
- Mess is normal.
- Let it make you, not break you.
- Hope is a choice.
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Read a few reflections at a time.
Our verdict
The mess is normal.
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