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Your God would never punish you for being a human being: this life itself is your penance. But it is also more than that: it is a crucible for transformation. Each trial, every loss, is an opportunity for you to meet suffering with love and make of it an offering, a prayer. The minute you lift your pain like a candle the darkness vanishes, and mercy comes rushing in to heal you.
Mirabai Starr is an American author, teacher, and translator of sacred literature. She writes and speaks on the teachings of the mystics, feminine wisdom, and the transformative power of grief and loss, and she is a leading voice in the interspiritual movement.
