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He never presented a long list of specific requests to God, had always felt uncomfortable with the presumptuousness of “Ask and you shall receive.” This might have been a result of pride, or his own middling ambition, but mostly Cha-Cha’s prayers were a series of thank-yous and I’m sorrys.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote is from Angela Flournoy's novel \"The Turner House\", which explores the lives of the Turner family and their struggles with identity, family, and faith. The passage is likely set in the 1980s or 1990s, a time when the author was grappling with her own spirituality and the complexities of prayer. Cha-Cha's character represents a introspective and humble approach to faith, which Flournoy may have been drawn to as a way to navigate the challenges of growing up in a world where faith was both a source of comfort and a source of tension.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe hidden insight in this quote is the tension between the idea that prayer should be a way of asserting one's needs and desires, versus the humility and gratitude that comes from recognizing the limitations of one's own understanding and power. Cha-Cha's approach to prayer, which focuses on thank-yous and apologies, represents a more nuanced and less presumptuous way of engaging with the divine. By recognizing the paradox between the need for guidance and the need for humility, Cha-Cha's approach to prayer can be seen as a way of acknowledging the complexity of human experience and the limits of one's own agency.\n\n**How to Use This**\nIn today's fast-paced and often ego-driven professional world, Cha-Cha's approach to prayer can be applied by taking a step back and recognizing the value of humility and gratitude in our own work and lives. By focusing on what we are thankful for and what we are sorry for, we can cultivate a more mindful and less presumptuous approach to our goals and ambitions, one that recognizes the importance of humility and collaboration in achieving success.",{"id":48,"quote_text":49,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":50,"source":51,"quote_tag":52,"commentary":9},2851946,"Humans haunt more houses than ghosts do.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":54,"quote_text":55,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":56,"source":57,"quote_tag":58,"commentary":9},2851943,"You’re worried about her forgiving you... but you need to be worrying about why you’re acting up in the first place.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":60,"quote_text":61,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":62,"source":63,"quote_tag":64,"commentary":9},2851935,"It was frustrating, the way this siblings worshipped their parents. What part of their worlds would crumble if they took a good look at their parents’ flaws? If there was no trauma, why not talk about the everyday, human elements of their upbringing? Call a spade a spade.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":66,"quote_text":67,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":68,"source":69,"quote_tag":70,"commentary":9},2851931,"Slavery. Did there ever exist a more annoying way to try to make a modern-day black man feel like his troubles were insignificant, that he should be satisfied with the sorry hand society dealt him? Cha-Cha thought not. The line of reasoning was faulty; it was precisely because his grandfather’s father was born a slave that he should expect more from life, and more from this country, to make up for lost time at the very least. “I’m.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":72,"quote_text":73,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":74,"source":75,"quote_tag":76,"commentary":9},2851918,"It was a particular sort of Turner weakness: self-sabotaging self-righteousness masked as self-reliance.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":78,"totalPages":79,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":80},1,3,10]