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Alan Hanson: The Hard Things

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Recently a soft and astute human being told me that a positive side to a bad experience I had was that it makes me uniquely qualified to help someone going through something similar. This was yesterday. And I couldn’t help echoing this thought in my mind as I listened to Todd Glass give such a…

As I sit here crying at my desk, all I can think is “this is one of the most beautiful and crushing things that I’ve read in a long time”. It is relevant to me in so many ways, past and present. Read it because it is amazing but know that you may also end up crying at your desk. 

  1. brynna reblogged this from thewordhole and added:
    This made me tear up a bit.
  2. kwchu reblogged this from lieslieslies and added:
    beautiful, beautiful things.
  3. rhythmicramblings reblogged this from lieslieslies and added:
    Hard Things read
  4. bookstotheceiling reblogged this from lieslieslies and added:
    Bolded emphasis mine.
  5. rockandrollhistory reblogged this from lieslieslies and added:
    incredible. Take
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    realized that nothing...calmness. Keep it coming, Alan! lieslieslies:
  12. etchings said: Thank you for this, Alan. Really resonated.
  13. darbyhelaina reblogged this from lieslieslies and added:
    actually give me reasons
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