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Closing a Chapter

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Pragmatic Thinking
Nov 13, 2025
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If we measure people by their current actions, then we ought to do a better job at closing the door of the past.

There’s plenty of advantage to this. If we are truly redeemed, we need to stop beating ourselves up over what we’ve done before. The same applies for others— if someone’s misdeeds were ever forgivable, then we need to actually let go of the ne…

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