We pray to you, O God ... for strength, determination, and willpower, to do instead of just to pray, to become instead of merely to wish. (Harold S. Kushner)

We pray to you, O God ... for strength, determination, and willpower, to do instead of just to pray, to become instead of merely to wish.

Harold S. Kushner

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