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In 1841, the famous American 
Thinker Ralph Waldo Emerson 

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finished his essay 
self-reliance. 

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Towards the end of the essay, he
says at home I dreamed that in 

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Naples, in Rome, I can be 
intoxicated with beauty and lose

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my sadness. 
I pack my trunk and bark on the 

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sea, and at last wake up in 
Naples. 

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But there beside me is the stern
fact, the sad self, unrelenting,

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identical, that I flipped from 
my giant goes with me wherever I

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go. 
Ralph Waldo Emerson tried to 

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escape his sadness through 
travel. 

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But I think we all do this on 
some level. 

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Maybe it's food, alcohol, drugs,
entertainment, or even just the 

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distraction of social media, but
eventually we are forced to face

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the reality that no matter our 
distraction, our giants come 

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with us. 
Whether it's sadness, 

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depression, self worth, or some 
other hang up, we all have a 

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giant in our life. 
A giant who's reluctant to leave

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us. 
A giant who will sometimes not 

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let us go. 
I think when we feel like this, 

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it's important to remember that 
we aren't alone. 

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Jesus knows what it feels like 
to be sad and misunderstood. 

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So much so that the prophet 
Isaiah said that we could 

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identify the Messiah because he 
would be a man of sorrows 

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acquainted with grief. 
I truly believe that there is a 

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word of hope for us in the midst
of sadness, and here it is. 

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God understands. 
He is near to those who are 

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struggling in life. 
Your giant may come with you 

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wherever you go, but God does 
too. 

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This has been everyday miracles 
by hope, mindfulness and prayer.