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good-bad, bitter-sweet, dark-light,
summer-winter. Experience all the dualities.
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the more experience you have, the more
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good-bad, bitter-sweet, dark-light,
summer-winter. Experience all the dualities.
Don't be afraid of experience, because
the more experience you have, the more
mature you become.”
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“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
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― The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
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