I have always believed that faith is a gift we can accept or not. I have likewise believed that we are here in a defined circumstance and it is our job to live in those boundaries. I am not, nor will I ever be, a child of the universe. At least in this life. The farming term was hoeing the nutgrass out of collard greens. I have been blessed to do a few good things, but always in the context of living my life. And they were blessings, no doubt.

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