Caroline Starr Rose

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Wisdom from Saving Lucas Biggs

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“…What you said, you reminded me so much of Grandpa Joshua. The way you keep faith in people, even though so many awful things have happened to you.”

“That’s because Grandpa  Joshua and I bother to do the math.”

“What math?”

“For every big, bad, attention-getting thing that happens, there are thousands of small good ones, acts that might even seem ordinary but really aren’t, so many that we can forget to notice them or to count them up. But it’s what has always amazed me: not how terrible people can be to each other, but how good, in spite of everything.”

 

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  1. Faith Hough says

    April 29, 2016 at 7:56 am

    A week ago I would have smiled at this and thought, “How lovely.”

    Today I needed desperately to read it. Workings of the Spirit…

    Thank you! And now I really need to go find that book.

    Reply
    • Caroline says

      April 29, 2016 at 10:24 am

      Love to you, dear Faith.

      Reply
  2. Linda Jackson says

    April 30, 2016 at 2:52 pm

    Like Faith, I now want to read this. 🙂

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