brokenness
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Wholeness doesn’t come from the absence of brokenness, but from dwelling honestly within that brokenness—and allowing the memory of a lost person to grow into a blessing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Linda Westcarr, Ms Westcarr-Sabaroche's mother, told reporters outside court she believed Tape should have been sent to prison and that the case exposed the "brokenness of our justice system".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
And I feel like when I do see myself in a certain era, I feel strong then or I feel like I’m carrying everything really up here with a little bit of a brokenness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
He also adds more social commentary, examining the brokenness of a world, very much like our own, where such a deadly underground competition could exist.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
I began thinking about what would happen if we all just acknowledged our brokenness, if we owned up to our weaknesses, our deficits, our biases, our fears.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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