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It\u2019s not hard to be inspired by Candice Mama, even her voice burbles forth with the twinkling lyricism of joy. And that joy, that effervescence of self, has been hard won in a story capable of breaking even the soundest of hearts: the violent loss of her father at the hands of \u201cthe most evil man in the world.\u201d If she can find a way to engage the world with hope \u2014 to literally walk herself out of consuming depression to forgive the man that murdered her father and champion his release from prisons both outward and in \u2014 then what, really, are the barriers for so many of us that cling to resentment, anger, and pasts that simply don\u2019t serve? What are the real barriers to reconciliation?