"They came to know the incorrigible sorrow of all prisoners and exiles, which is to live in company with a memory that serves no purpose."

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Exile (being where we don't want to be with people we don't want to be with) forces a decision: Will I focus my attention on what is wrong with the world and feel sorry for myself? Or will I focus my energies on how I can live at my best in this place I find myself?...'I will do my best with what is here.'

— Eugene H. Peterson