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find out for yourself just how you learn to live with your fractured self. Like a starfish your cut off inner limbs will grow back to make the saleable appearance of a man.

But you, like most of the human race, are damaged goods. Without going into all the dreary specifics, which you will experience so much sooner than your present sense of time leads you to think, you will learn the secret of a genuine laugh. I'll leave it at that because it's something I'll only spoil by trying to explain it and I'm not about explanations here as much as I am about hope. Try not to fear as many things as you do. You will find that fear is a greater prison than anyone could ever put you in. When you look back at the time you wasted because of it you will be ashamed, especially when you see that some of your most enduring fears were more like midgets casting giant shadows. But that is another place where the laugh will save you from despair.

I think that is enough to tell you. I am still learning, and, more importantly, relearning all the time. Relearning is much harder than learning because we like to think we know. But one sure piece of knowledge I have above all others it is that I know pathetically little compared to what I think I know. To make your peace with that truth is indeed a blessing. Overall we don't do bad considering our formative circumstances.

Ohbefore I forgetyou'll be pleased to know that your great confusion about God will transform into your main assurance. Don't worry about how. You'd never guess in a million years. Suffice it to say it will be so simple it was always hidden in full view and thoughts of it will always make you smile.

One final thing: You'll be pleased to know there will come a time when you'll know how to be a warrior and a peacemaker without suffering schizophrenia. Some won't understand it but it won't matter. Live your life.

Sincerely,
You

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