A Quote by Kris Carr
Above all, cancer is a spiritual practice that teaches me about faith and resilience.
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A good school teaches you resilience - that ability to bounce back.
I think having the cancer allowed me to be able to freely talk about my faith.
. . . in the spiritual life you must practice. And the only way to practice is by trying to solve your problems with prayer. This develops your spiritual power and it also trains you to use that spiritual power in the most effective way.
If you think of spiritual practice as unpleasant work - it is not spiritual practice as I know it.
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