“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over.
He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh When I was fifteen years old, my dad abandoned my mother, younger sister, and me after a bankruptcy.
My mother sat me down at the kitchen table to show me our financial situation scribbled on a yellow legal pad. Dad left us with six months of unpaid rent.
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