and I told myself -- as I've told myself before -- that the body shuts down then the pain gets too bad, that consciousness is temporary, that this will pass. But just like always, I didn't slip away. I was left on the shore with the waves washing over me, unable to drown.
The cross, therefore, is always ready; it awaits you everywhere. No matter where you may go, you cannot escape it, for wherever you go you take yourself with you and shall always find yourself. Turn where you will__bove, below, without, or within__ou will find a cross in everything, and everywhere you must have patience if you would have peace within and merit an eternal crown.
The Imitation of Christ
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The cross, therefore, is always ready; it awaits you everywhere. No matter where you may go, you cannot escape it, for wherever you go you take yourself with you and shall always find yourself. Turn where you will__bove, below, without, or within__ou will find a cross in everything, and everywhere you must have patience if you would have peace within and merit an eternal crown.
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