<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Life, the Obstacle Course]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://lifetheobstaclecourse.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[taurusingemini]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://lifetheobstaclecourse.wordpress.com/author/taurusingemini/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Influences Which Made Us into Who We&nbsp;Are&#8230;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://therenegadepress.com/2017/03/27/metanoia/"><img src="https://chrisnicholaswrites.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/tao-wen-148062.jpg?quality=80&#038;strip=info&#038;w=1600" /></a></p>
<blockquote><p>A Sufi holy man was asked, “What is forgiveness?” He said, “It is the fragrance that flowers give when they are crushed.” One Sufi’s Saying I have always viewed the individuals that make up our society as a collection of candles. Inside the mind of every man, woman, and child are thin strands of consciousness bound […]</p></blockquote>
<p>via <a href="http://therenegadepress.com/2017/03/27/metanoia/">Metanoia — The Renegade Press</a></p>
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