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can make it into a really interesting
cabinet of curiosities.
I can even make it into an act of
prayer.
My ultimate choice, then, is to
always approach my work from a
place of stubborn gladness.
I worked for years with stubborn
gladness before I was published. I
worked with stubborn gladness
when I was still an unknown new
writer, whose first book sold just a
handful of copies—mostly to
members of my own family. I
worked with stubborn gladness
when I was riding high on a giant
best seller. I worked with stubborn