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Show 123 belong to a clan. Accept the goodness from the Bear Clan. They are reaching for you. Don't push them away. Let their caring into your life." "What if belonging doesn't work?" Chua asked. "It didn't with the Snake Clan, and maybe it won't again." "Love is like the light of the sun," his father said. "In the growing season the light of the sun warms and nurtures the plants so they become strong. Love does the same thing for us. It nurtures us and makes us strong. Love gives us life. "But the winter sun is distant and does not warm the earth. The cold can hurt and freeze the plants, just like love hurts sometimes. You have been hurt because I am gone to the next world. "I would not refuse the light of love we have between us just because there is hurt. All love has times of hurt." Chua thought of the loneliness he felt after his father's death. It had melted into acceptance and love from a distance. The love was still strong, but in a different way. He could receive the love even though there had been hurt. j\ Hf^ ^We don't know what life will bring us," his father said. " But we make c the best of what comes.' sOnN^t^ ~^\ "When I look for you, first I find peace, and then I know you are there." \p^Q r "Then don't close the-car-mg-ef others out of your life," his father said. "Whatever happens, we will work together." "I have to shut Ahote out," Chua said. "Yes," said his father, "You must be very watchful of Ahote, but that does |