brokenness
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The sharp pain of the wound may heal, but the scar remains—and we must all find a way that the broken heart can both feel the truth of its brokenness and emerge enlarged and reshaped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Country singer Blake Shelton, who worked with Parton on the American television series The Voice wrote: "I can say with absolute certainty that we are all feeling the same heart brokenness today."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The best way I could explain it is that pouring myself into the relationship I’ve built with my boys is what heals the brokenness inside me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025
“Sean Combs has been the figure more associated with death, tragedy and brokenness than any mogul,” says Reverend Conrad Tillard in the first episode.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2025
We all share the condition of brokenness even if our brokenness is not equivalent.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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